Look at the history of the Second World War through the eyes of key characters!
Vitaly Dymarsky is the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Diletant.”
Vladimir Ryzhkov is a professor at HSE (National Research University), PhD in history.
Victory in the Great Patriotic War is one of the few events that brings together people of the most diverse beliefs in our country. Despite the decades that have passed since that date, the picture of the war years continues to be supplemented with new details—many of which substantially enrich the already known facts and allow you to see them from a new angle. Among the book’s characters are Winston Churchill, Emperor Hirohito, Konrad Adenauer, Menachem Begin, Goebbels, Chiang Kai-shek, Alexandra Kollontai, and others.
Contents:
Author’s preface
The Nazi top brass: On the last journey. Göring and Hess
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Marshal Harris
Konrad Adenauer
Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Dwight Eisenhower
Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of wartime Britain
Goebbels. German propaganda during the war
Chiang Kai-shek
Josip Broz Tito
Henri Philippe Pétain
Mao Zedong: Before and after the Second World War
Roosevelt and the war
The lieutenant Gelfand’s diaries
Correspondence of the leaders of the “Big Three”—Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
Who are you, von Ribbentrop?
The Arabs in the Second World War