Армия, которую предали. Трагедия 33-й армии генерала М.Г. Ефремова. 1941-1942

The tragedy of the 33rd Army is still shrouded in a veil of dark secrets and omissions.

Commander M.G. Efremov did not become a Marshal of Victory, he died near Vyazma in the difficult year of 1942. The defender of Moscow, the liberator of Naro-Fominsk, Vereya and Borovsk, hundreds of villages and villages of the Moscow, Kaluga and Smolensk regions, he and his army moved the farthest to the west during the counteroffensive of Soviet troops near Moscow, but when he was surrounded and there was a threat of captivity, shot himself.

Historian and writer Sergei Mikheenkov, who has been studying the causes and circumstances of the death of Lieutenant General M.G. Efremov and his army for many years, sheds light on these events.

In his book, based on an extensive archive base, he opens up unknown pages in the history of the second Vyazemsky encirclement, talks about the difficult relationship that developed between Generals M.G. Efremov and G.K. Zhukov.