Before you is the only foreign study on the Great Patriotic War in the sea and river theaters that has appeared in the 60 post-war years. In it, the author, based on combat documents of the former enemies of the USSR and Soviet military-historical literature available to him, described and analyzed the actions of the opposing fleets, showed the successes and miscalculations of the parties, and...

Series: Voina i My. The Second World War, the Great Patriotic War, the author maintains, has been the victim of consistent and persistent lies. So much so that the truth has been lost. In his book, the author seeks to refute and challenge the 'false' version of the war presented too often on TV.

This collective study incorporates articles by both Russian and foreign authors covering the period of the Great Patriotic War and the first post-war years. A lot of attention is has been devoted to the Soviet policy towards Poland, which made it possible to reflect the full measure of the complex and controversial nature of the Polish problem.

The author seeks to expose and inform the reader about little known facts from World War Two.

Combining history and analysis, Petrov traces the course of the Russian Civil War that was waged east of the Volga River in Siberia. He asserts that the Russian Civil War in the east was not solely a Siberian experience, but rather influenced by various anti-Bolshevik military uprisings that acted independent of Siberia's 'White' army. Utilizing biographical portraits of protagonists from...

The book is devoted to the review of strategic and tactical military operations of World War II 1939-1945. Author covers virtually all the military campaign from the defeat of Poland and to the surrender of Japan.

Published by the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, this book examines the causes and character of the war and the process in which a local conflict is escalated into an international conflict. Of particular interest to the author is the role and activities of the United Nations.

An analysis of the origins of the war, tactics and strategy during the war and its aftermath. The author was himself an active participant in the war.

The last years of WWII, the author traces the movements and battles of the Red Army to the gates of Belgrade in the Balkans.