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.

About the tragic fates of pilots who reached the heights of glory in the Soviet Union, but for various reasons were deprived of the highest honor of their homeland, about heroes without Gold Stars.

Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration served as a Russian general. He was an ethnic Georgian and descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations. In 1812 Bagration commanded the 2nd army of the West, and though defeated at Mogilev, rejoined the main army under Barclay de Tolly, and led the left wing at the Battle of Borodino, where he received a mortal wound.

The book by a group of authors from the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences is based on the latest Russian and foreign archival documents and supplements and deepens our knowledge of the Great Patriotic War. The publication contains sensational documents that reveal the reasons for the belated bringing of our troops to combat readiness at the beginning of the war.

Before you is the only foreign study on the Great Patriotic War in the sea and river theaters that has appeared in the 60 post-war years. In it, the author, based on combat documents of the former enemies of the USSR and Soviet military-historical literature available to him, described and analyzed the actions of the opposing fleets, showed the successes and miscalculations of the parties, and...

Series: Voina i My. The Second World War, the Great Patriotic War, the author maintains, has been the victim of consistent and persistent lies. So much so that the truth has been lost. In his book, the author seeks to refute and challenge the 'false' version of the war presented too often on TV.

The author seeks to expose and inform the reader about little known facts from World War Two.

Published by the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, this book examines the causes and character of the war and the process in which a local conflict is escalated into an international conflict. Of particular interest to the author is the role and activities of the United Nations.

An analysis of the origins of the war, tactics and strategy during the war and its aftermath. The author was himself an active participant in the war.

The last years of WWII, the author traces the movements and battles of the Red Army to the gates of Belgrade in the Balkans.