On September 1, 1939, having knocked down the border barriers, German tanks entered the territory of Poland – the Second World War began. Historians have rightly dubbed it the ‘war of motors’ – mechanized units and aviation played a decisive role in it. And yet, in essence and in its influence on the outcome of military operations, if we compare the contribution to the victory of various...

During the Great Patriotic War, the following joke circulated: Why is the Li-2 so fat, the Il-2 so 'humpbacked', and the Pe-2 so thin? Because the Li-2 was speculating throughout the war, the attack aircraft carried the burden of the war on its shoulders, and the Pe-2, like a prostitute, was thrown into various roles – sometimes as a reconnaissance aircraft, sometimes as a fighter, sometimes as...

This publication presents extensive factual material, including information on the history of the creation and development of the Workers' and Peasants' Navy. A special place in the book is given to the coverage of the pre-war period in its life. The author has attempted, on the basis of available archival material and the memoirs of direct participants in military operations in various naval...

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!

For Russia, the Caucasus has never been a testing ground for military force. Through the Caucasus, the Russian state laid its geopolitical route to the East, bringing peace to the peoples and salvation from Ottoman and Persian enslavement.

The guidebook contains detailed information on the Moscow, North Caucasus, Volga-Ural, Siberia and Far Eastern Military Districts.

The book, based on extensive factual material provides a comparative analysis of the organizational structure and tactics of the German and Soviet attack aircraft in 1941-1945., And adopted them in systems of rewarding pilots. Particular attention is given to the two planes: the German Ju-87 and the Soviet Il-2. became during the Second World War is truly legendary.

The book tells about the opposition of German aircraft and the Soviet Northern Fleet and Allied convoys bound for Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. On the basis of archival materials, eyewitnesses and other documentary sources, the authors reconstruct the vast panorama of events that occurred in the Arctic from 1941 to 1945.

A history of Russian-Polish conflicts from the 18th thru the 20th centuries.

Noted Russian military historian, Aleksandr Shirokorad, examines the history and operations of the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.