The attitude of the German army towards the population in the occupied territories of the USSR caused a response - the creation of resistance units. Partisans blew up bridges, derailed trains, freed prisoners, destroyed occupiers, and owned military equipment. The action of Erich Hesse's work is based on a colossal amount of documentary material: orders, instructions of the German military and...

Sonntag, 27. Februar 2022. Olaf Scholz tritt im Bundestag ans Rednerpult: Zeitenwende. An diesem Tag beginnt das Buch von Christian Schweppe. Der Journalist hat sich an die Fersen derjenigen geheftet, die des Kanzlers Worte in Taten übersetzen müssen: Minister, Abgeordnete, Militärs. Er fährt in Munitionsdepots und auf alte Militärflugplätze. Er wertet geheime Papiere aus, taucht tief ein in...

The author explores the transformation of public consciousness in times of crisis, touching on the themes of Russian and Ukrainian identity, collective guilt and responsibility, as well as the role of civilizations, empires and revolutions in the modern context. Pastukhov offers a new format of political and philosophical reflection adapted to the realities of the information age.

Kak byli dobyty svedeniia o podgotovke Germanii k napadeniiu na SSSR

The book by aviation and rocket technology historian M.D. Evtifiev is dedicated to little-known pages in the history of Soviet jet aviation. It tells for the first time about outstanding aircraft designers, engineers and testers who selflessly worked on the creation of domestic jet aviation. The author traces in detail all stages of the birth of the first Soviet jet aircraft and their engines,...

The book describes the main programs carried out in the United States to create new means of launching spacecraft into orbit. In addition to traditional launch vehicles, special attention is paid to reusable aerospace systems and promising hypersonic aircraft. In addition, the publication presents a retrospective review of the half-century evolution of aerospace aircraft projects and currently...

The text is accompanied by unique photographs. Color illustrations are prepared on the basis of the documents and give an accurate representation of the characteristic elements of the SA uniform.

Vospominaniia vypusknitsy tsentral'noi zhenskoi shkoly snaiperskoi podgotovki 1944-1945. Seriia na linii fronta. Julia Konstantinovna Zhukova went to the Red Army as a volunteer at the age of 18. In 1944 she graduated from the Central Women's School of Sniper Training. For several months of hard fighting in East Prussia, as an active sniper she had went through both an offensive action and...

‘Attention, Tigers!’ - these words, pronounced in various languages by soldiers of the armies of the anti-Hitler coalition, made hearts beat faster, if not from horror, then from the awareness of a mortal threat. At these moments, the soldiers' minds were not filled with the image of a ferocious striped cat, but with the idea of an invulnerable steel giant machine, spewing fire and death....

The history of domestic radio control systems for long-range missiles is presented, starting with the lateral radio correlation system for the first domestic missile R-1 and ending with radio control systems for the first intercontinental missiles.

The war diaries and experiences of ISU-152 self-propelled gun driver during the last three years of the war.