Blitzkrieg. Now this word is familiar, probably to everyone. Short, like a shot, ringing like a flick of a bullet through the armor, clanging like the tanks of tanks - at the beginning of World War II it terrified all of Europe. 'Lightning war!' Crushing blows of the German tank wedges, rapid tank raids on the enemy's rear, grandiose 'boilers', thousands of columns of prisoners. Burning Warsaw,...

The book is dedicated to the legendary anti-terrorist unit Alfa and its heroes, who wear the order of the Gold Star. In 2009, the unit marked 35 years of service.

Kokkinaki was perhaps the leading Soviet test pilot setting many world and Soviet records. He worked for several design bureaus, including theIlyushin Design Bureau , where he served as its chief test pilot. He also established the shortest flight route between Europe and the United States. He died in 1985.

A beautifully illustrated album highlighting all of the military decorations and campaign award ribbons for World War Two.

In the opening days of WWII, Soviet border troops and infantry, under the protection of naval forces, crossed the Danube and seized the Romanian city of Chilia Veche.

The book examines the inter-war period of European history and raises the question, if the second world war was unavoidable.

The memoirs of Soviet Marshall Eremenko.

The author explores the tank battle at Prokhorovka in 1943, part of the Kursk bulge.

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.