M. : Science,1969-446 s. The book was prepared by the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR together with the Council of Veterans of the North-Western Front .. Its authors are active participants of the Great Patriotic War .. Based on a large factual material, the authors tell about the actions and role of the North-Western Front in the Great Patriotic War, including in the defense of Moscow and Leningrad. The book opens with an article by the former front-line commander of Army General P. A. Kurochkin on the most important stages of the fighting front as a whole . Issues of party and political work are especially widely covered in the articles of Lieutenant Generals A. D. Okorokova and F. I. Lysitsyn . The actions of armored and mechanized troops is devoted to the article of the marshal of armored forces P. P. Semi-Boyarova, Engineer Troops - Lieutenant General B. F. Zotova, medical service - Major General M. A. Shamashkina . The heroism of the infantrymen is described in the articles of Major General G. N. Shynkarenko, Colonels C. F. Praise, N. B. Ivushkina, N. K. Dyachkova et al . Courageous pilots are devoted to the articles of Colonel General of Aviation F. P. Polynina, Lieutenant General of Engineering and Technical Service R. C. Colonel N. A. Shmeleva . The partisan struggle on the North-Western Front is covered in the articles of Major General A. N. Asmolov and Major A. D. Kondratieff . Article by Captain 1st Rank C. F. Dedicated to the selfless actions of Soviet sailors .