This book is the long-awaited sequel to the major military history bestseller of 2005. It is based on numerous interviews with veteran tank crews who experienced the horrors of war alongside their machines. The tank crews share with the reader the soldier's truth about life at the front, the battles they fought, the arduous work of war, the reasons for defeats, and the true price of the Great...

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

The second book by the famous military historian I.B. Moshchansky is dedicated to two important episodes of the Great Patriotic War - the defense of Crimea and the Battle of Stalingrad. Unlike the Battle of Stalingrad, the defense of Crimea in 1941-1942 did not have a decisive impact on the course of the Great Patriotic War, but the skills of conducting battles, the organization of troops, and...

New book by the famous historian B.Sokolov about the partisan movement as a complex, largely contradictory phenomenon, which has become an integral part of the Second World War. The author considers the features of guerrilla warfare, especially in the Soviet Union, as well as in Europe. The book describes how the Strategy and Tactics guerrillas and their opponents, and political...

A look at the tactics and operations of Blitzkrieg.

Submarine warfare on the Eastern front.

The Atlantic Wall became the most grandiose system of coastal fortifications in the history of mankind. Its coastal batteries, concrete underground structures, and various anti-landing defenses represented masterpieces of artillery and construction engineering. At the same time, Hitler and his admirals made a number of unforgivable miscalculations that made the successful Allied invasion of...

Die erste große, vielstimmige Erzählung über die Erfahrungen der Jüdinnen und Juden, die während des Nationalsozialismus aus dem Deutschen Reich ins besetzte Osteuropa deportiert wurden. Auf Basis Hunderter Briefe, Postkarten, Tagebücher, Video-Aufzeichnungen und vieler weiterer Quellen verwebt die Historikerin Andrea Löw die individuellen Geschichten zu einem erschütternden Zeugnis. Ein...

Eingepfercht auf einem Schiff hoffen jüdische Flüchtlinge auf ein neues Leben in Israel. Thomas Mann ist als berühmter Schriftsteller in den USA zwar privilegiert, aber auch er muss sich in einem Leben im Exil einrichten. Marianne Cohn gelingt die Rettung nicht. Sie wird auf der Flucht in die Schweiz geschändet und erschossen. Das Exil in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus besteht aus unendlich...