Voenno-Istoricheskaia Biblioteka. Cherno-belye fotografii. Alfavitnyi ukazatel' imen (po stranam).

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 Previously unpublished photographic materials were recently obtained from European archives, including previously closed archives of...

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 author of this book, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Kirill Alekseevich Evstigneev, made 296 combat sorties during the Great Patriotic War, achieving 53 victories personally and another 3 in a group (this is the fifth best result in Soviet aviation; only Kozhedub, Pokryshkin, Gulaev, and Rechkalov shot down more enemy aircraft).

The work of journalist A. Alyabyev is not only a history of the Second World War, but also an excursion into the history of the development of military aviation during that period. The author draws on a vast amount of documentary material: official reports from governments, news agencies, radio and the press, providing the opportunity to compare the viewpoints of the warring parties on the same...

The author of this book, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov, during the Great Patriotic War, made 307 combat sorties, bombed Konigsberg, was shot down twice - by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters (and the second time, having jumped from a burning plane with a parachute, landed on a minefield and miraculously remained alive), but...