О трагических судьбах летчиков, достигших в Советском Союзе вершин славы, но по разным причинам лишенных высшего отличия своей Родины, о героях без Золотых Звезд.

The war diaries and experiences of ISU-152 self-propelled gun driver during the last three years of the war.

Air War over the Baltic - anti-shipping operations.

This book includes memories of Odessa during the occupation, extracted from the Bakhmetev archive of Columbia University (New York) and emigre publications.

The author describes not only the air battles of the Second World War, but also investgates the development of strategy and tactics in the air war for fighters, bombers and close air support.

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...

Hiroshima is the story of six human beings who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. John Hersey tells what these six -- a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest -- were doing at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. Then he follows...

Автор этой книги, Герой Советского Союза, заслуженный военный летчик СССР Василий Васильевич Решетников в годы Великой Отечественной войны совершил 307 боевых вылетов, бомбил Кенигсберг, сам дважды был сбит - зенитным огнем и истребителями противника (причем во второй раз, выпрыгнув из горящего самолета с парашютом, приземлился на минное поле и чудом остался жив), но всегда возвращался в...

The writings of Viktor Suvorov, always controversial, have sparked furious debates inside and outside of Russia. In this volume, his supporters offer what the feel is the conclusive answer and rebuttal to his opponents - proving once and for all, that his analysis is correct.

The book talks about important participants of Russian intelligence and counterintelligence during Civil War and World War II.

A detailed, rich history of flight from ancient to modern times. The book also describes the development of aviation in Russia and includes discussion of powered and non-powered (ballon) flight.

The second half of the 20th Century was marked by local conflicts: Korea, Vietnam, Falkland Islands, the Persian Gulf, etc. In each of these conflicts, naval forces played a critical role.