The memoirs of Soviet Marshall Eremenko.

The author examines the many local conflicts of the Cold War, where not just Soviet military advisers served, but also secret special troops, engaged in direct conflict. The book is the first, complete encyclopedia of these secret wars of the USSR and is based on archival documents only recently released.

Fictionalized story of the Soviet-German espionage before the World War II.

In the last few years, many books taking a critical look at Marshall Zhukov have been published in Russia. The author of this book, Aleksei Isaev, seeks to rebut some of the claims he considers unfounded.

Memoirs of a German officer, in which the author talks about his service in the Reichswehr, Hitler's Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr. In 1960, Bruno Winzer, a staff officer in the Bundeswehr, secretly left West Germany and crossed into the territory of the German Democratic Republic, where he published this book - the story of his life.

Rudolph Peterskhagen was a colonel in the Knights Cavalier and was gravely wounded near Stalingrad. After his recovery he was named commander of the city of Greifsvald [Neuenkirchen, Germany]. In the spring of 1945, not wanting more senseless death, Peterskhagen gave the city to the Red Army. This was the only instance in which the Red Army took a city without combat. In the early 1950's,...

The highest military decoration in the Russian Empire, and in the Russian Federation after 1994. The order was created by Catherine the Great in 1796.

The short guidebook to the State Military-Historical Archives includes information on all materials (as of 1 Jan 2001) held by the archives. There is also information on the organization of the materials and how to search for documents. The guidebooks is essential for those wishing to work in the archives. Includes information on armies, corps and smaller units and formations (including...