Volume 11 of the War in Ukraine series, The Battle of Chernihiv, February-March 2022 reconstructs and analyses for the first time the course of events and the reasons for the defeat of the Russian army in this crucial early battle. The author was a participant in the events, being in a surrounded city, and collected hundreds of interviews with military and civic personnel who took a direct part in the battles. The Battle of Chernihiv will be of interest to enthusiasts of military history and military professionals alike. Many photographs from the author's archive are shown for the first time in this volume, along with specially commissioned maps and the @War series' signature colour artworks. AUTHOR: Mykhailo Zhirokhov was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in 1974. He is a professional historian specialising in conflicts in the post-Soviet countries and the history of aviation. He has written a large number of books in Russian, Ukrainian, English and French, and has attended numerous conferences relating to the Russian-Ukranian war that began in 2014. He is currently the head of the Chernihiv Military Historical Museum. 80 colour photos, 21 colour profiles, 4 colour maps
