The history of INTERPOL, the organization that is active in over 179 countires.

This book presents pieces of evidence, which – taken together – lead to an argument that goes against the grain of the established Cold War narrative. The argument is that a “long détente” existed between East and West from the 1950s to the 1980s, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, national security, societal) reasons, and that it had a profound impact on the outcome of the conflict...

The book examines the history and contemporary role played on the battlefield by tank/armor units.

Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks.

What do we know about the feelings and fears of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers? In the early 1990s, Wolf-Rüdiger Osburg set out to visit the last witnesses to the war. 135 soldiers at the front gave him information and reported on the war in all its facets: relentlessly, in detail and honestly. It tells of total exhaustion, of hunger and deprivation, of the constant proximity of death,...

Series: Velikaia Otechestvennaia: Neizvestnaia voina. The author examines several controversial questions about World War Two on the Russian front. The major question that has been debated, could the USSR have stopped the Germans before they reached Moscow and Stalingrad?

On the pages of this book, the reader will find more than 200 unique photographs, accompanied by fascinating and detailed commentary. The rich illustrative material depicts battles and combat operations of the Luftwaffe of the Third Reich during World War II. Previously unpublished photographic materials were recently obtained from European archives, including previously closed archives of...

Es ist ein Jahr, in dem alles möglich scheint. Und doch wohnt dem gleißenden Anfang das Ahnen des Verfalles inne. Literatur, Kunst und Musik wussten schon 1913, dass die Menschheit ihre Unschuld verloren hatte. Florian Illies lässt dieses eine Jahr, einen Moment höchster Blüte und zugleich ein Hochamt des Unterganges, in einem grandiosen Panorama lebendig werden.

It has become acceptable again to make Hitler a scapegoat in order to clean up the German past. The Hitler and spear expert Joachim Fest, Bernd Eichinger's award-winning film 'Der Untergang' and the popular television series by Guido Knopp are the key witnesses for the current rollback in the historical perspective. Will Hitler become the leader of the Germans again?

August 1939. Shimmering heat in Central Europe. The grain is mowed. Holiday season. It might be carefree days, but there's something disturbing in the air. Some say a new war is imminent. The others swear the peace is safe. In this restless August, the world is watching the Obersalzberg. Adolf Hitler spends his summer here. From here he dares a risky game. Hauke Friederichs tells the story of...

The author of the book began the war as a tank commander (KV-1S) and then served as the commander of a series of self-propelled artillery units (SU-122, SU-85) and ended the war commanding a T-34-85. He fought from Stalingrad to Koenigsberg.