Die letzte Woche des Dritten Reiches hat begonnen. Hitler ist tot, aber der Krieg noch nicht zu Ende. Alles scheint zum Stillstand zu kommen, und doch ist alles in atemloser Bewegung. Volker Ullrich schildert Tag für Tag diese zeitlose Zeit und entführt den Leser in eine zusammenbrechende Welt voller Dramatik und Gewalt, Hoffnung und Angst. Sein Buch ist eine unvergessliche Zeitreise in den...

Between 1943 and 1945 1200 Soviet tank-troopers won the Medal, Hero of the Soviet Union. In his book, former General Zhilin examines and highlights the best of the best!

Seriia voennye tainy XX veka. The battle for air supremacy during World War Two.

Rear Admiral Nikolai Belorukov of the Soviet Navy, awarded the Orders of the Red Banner, Nakhimov Second Class, and the Red Star for his combat service, recounts his service in the Black Sea Fleet during World War II. After graduating from naval school, he was initially appointed navigator of the submarine ‘M-53,’ then senior assistant commander of ‘S-31,’ and in May 1942 he took command of...

War... This word is associated with many contradictory, sometimes repulsive images. It's not only the thunder of battles, lightning-fast attacks, bravura marches and victory parades, but also rows of chimneys in burnt-out villages, ‘death trenches,’ mass graves, the roar of collapsing buildings, the groans of mutilated, dying people, and fear in the eyes of children. War is the stench of fires...

‘Ebenso kenntnis- und faktenreich wie politisch sensibel blättert Urban die Geschichte der wechselseitigen deutsch-polnischen Vertreibungen im 20. Jahrhundert auf. Dabei kommen deutsche und polnische Historiker gleichermaßen zu Wort.’ Klaus Bednarz, Die Zeit

An interesting series exploring the history of Russian/Soviet special services. The authors are often working with archival materials never before published.

Based on identified trends of the armed conflict, the author has examined the nature of air, ground and naval operations in the wars of the first half of the 21st century. He has also highlighted the meaning of military operations in space and information warfare. He also examines the peculiarities of the fight with modern terrorism.

Juni 1940: Hitlers Wehrmacht hat Frankreich besiegt. Die Gestapo fahndet nach Heinrich Mann und Franz Werfel, nach Hannah Arendt, Lion Feuchtwanger und unzähligen anderen, die seit 1933 in Frankreich Asyl gefunden haben. Derweil kommt der Amerikaner Varian Fry nach Marseille, um so viele von ihnen wie möglich zu retten. Uwe Wittstock erzählt die aufwühlende Geschichte ihrer Flucht unter...

In 1940, with the Soviet annexation of Estonia, the Soviet Navy acquired the UK-built submarine Lembit. Under the command of the author, the submarine sank 21 enemy ships.