Book review: 1944: The crushing blows of the Red Army by A.M. Sokolov

The review analyses A.M. Sokolov's monograph “1944: The crushing blows of the Red Army” dedicated to the description of the offensive operations of 1944 which received the name of “Ten Stalin's blows” in Soviet historiography. The proposed review examines the structure of the book, the sources used by the author when writing the monograph, the logic of presenting the material, and proposes advantages and disadvantages of the work. In conclusion, the author of the review finds that the information presented in the book can be used in teaching military history in educational organizations as well as for the patriotic education of the younger generation.