Dispatches from the Front Line

War reporting from one of Russia's greatest writers, now uncensored and uncut for the first time. An indispensable record of World War II and the Eastern Front. June 22, 1941: Launch of Operation Barbarossa. Hitler invades the Soviet Union. Vasily Grossman soon begins a new career as a war reporter. During the next four years, he covers all the major battles of the Eastern Front, from Stalingrad to Berlin, writing brutally vivid reports that were read by millions of soldiers and civilians alike.