The book recounts an unprecedented event in military history: the penetration of the enemy's plans through the cracking of the German Enigma machine cipher by the Western Allies of the anti-Hitler coalition. Until recently, the most important aspect of this event remained unclear: was the role played by the codebreakers in achieving victory over Germany during World War II truly so significant?...

Joachim Wieder's book is the most vivid and reliable account of the Wehrmacht's Stalingrad catastrophe. It consists of two parts. The first is a collection of direct personal impressions of a man who survived the tragedy, and the second is an attempt at a critical analysis of the role of German military commanders in the Stalingrad disaster – Field Marshals Paulus and Manstein, and General...

The book contains over 200 photographs, covering the entire period of the existence of the armored forces of the Third Reich: from their creation in the run-up to the coming war to the last bloody and hopeless battles in 1945. Previously unpublished photographic materials were recently obtained from European state archives, as well as from the personal collections of veterans of German tank...

The book contains over 200 photographs depicting German paratroopers during World War II, both during training and combat operations. Detailed captions and text allow the reader to clearly understand where, when, and how these elite units of the Third Reich fought. Dramatic documentary accounts of daring paratrooper operations provide a vivid and detailed picture of audacious assaults and...

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 Previously unpublished photographic materials were recently obtained from European archives, including previously closed archives of...

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 The previously unpublished photographic materials were recently obtained from European archives, including previously closed archives of...

In his book, noted historian A B Shirokorad details the involvement of the Danube military flotilla of the Red Army in the Vienna campaign. Russia had previously used flotillas on the Danube in its wars with Turkey and during WWI against Romanian forces. The flotilla highlighted in this book was formed in 1940.

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

In 1944, Soviet military intelligence operated in new conditions: the Red Army was on the offensive, the situation was changing rapidly, and the Soviet General Staff needed more and more information about the enemy. Soviet military intelligence officers were assisted in gathering information about Nazi Germany by military intelligence officers from Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Norway, the...

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...