The book examines the role and place of the upper military elites in the politics of the Stalinist system.

Translated from the German. The book covers two Wehrmacht campaigns in the southern flank of the Eastern front from April 1942-February 1943, the goal of these operations was the oil fields of Baku.

This book tells the history of the submarine fleet, the first 'secret vessels,' and their creators. Readers will learn about the heroic deeds of Russian sailors during the First World War and the Great Patriotic War, as well as the design features of nuclear submarines and the specifics of modern submarine service. This book will be of interest to all generations of naval history buffs.

Ot otriadov drevnikh slavian do massovoi armii epokhi Aleksandra II

Does Sevastopol Fortress have its secrets? Alas, all these solid work only darkened the picture of the two defenses of Sevastopol. Still remain unclear dozens of important issues. Could, for example, the Russian Navy in 1854 to attack the overloaded landing Anglo-French squadron, or samozatoplenie our ships was inevitable? Is it true that Admiral Oktyabrsky entire 1941 war with the Italian...

General Claire Lee Chennault was one of the brightest and most controversial figures of World War II. Chennault was in charge of the XIV Air Force, and was famous not only for his military achievements, but also for his constant conflicts with commanders, which earned him a scandalous reputation. His memoirs about the events in the Pacific Ocean, written in a highly literary style, transform...

The book seeks to examine the secrets of the beginnings of WWII, about which historians and eyewitnesses have argued for over 60 years.