Mark Solonin is a bestselling Russian writer on the history of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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In the Soviet offensive plans controversy

Soviet offensive plans controversy

The Soviet offensive plans controversy refers to the debate among historians on the question of whether Joseph Stalin was planning to invade Germany prior to Operation Barbarossa.-Background:...

 he belongs to the camp close to Victor Suvorov. He supports the view that Soviet Union prepared and planned for an offensive war against Nazi Germany before Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...

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Solonin's books have sold over 240 000 copies in Russia His works have been translated into Polish, Czech, Estonian, and Lithuanian.

Works

• «22 июня, или когда началась Великая Отечественная война?» — Moscow: «Яуза», «Эксмо». 2007. ISBN 5-699-15196-6
  • A fragment of the book «22 июня. Анатомия катастрофы»
• «На мирно спящих аэродромах…» — Moscow: «Яуза», «Эксмо». 2006. ISBN 5-699-15695-X
• «23 июня: „День М“» — Moscow: «Яуза», «Эксмо». 2007 ISBN 978-5-699-22304-6
• «25 июня. Глупость или агрессия?» — Moscow: «Яуза», «Эксмо». 2008. ISBN 978-5-699-25300-5
• «Фальшивая история Великой войны» — Moscow: «Яуза», «Эксмо». 2008. ISBN 978-5-699-28327-9; laureate of the competition 15 Russian books of the year, October 2008
• «22 июня. Анатомия катастрофы. 2-е изд., перераб. и испр.» — Moscow: «Яуза», «Эксмо». 2008. ISBN 978-5-699-30295-6
• "Разгром 1941. На мирно спящих аэродромах", изд. 2, перераб. и допол. Moscow: "Яуза-ЭКСМО", 2009 г. ISBN 978-5-699-37348-2
• "СССР-Финляндия: от мирного договора к войне". In: Überfall auf Europa. Plante die Sowjetunion 1941 einen Angriffskrieg?, Pour le Merite, 2009, ISBN 978-3-932381-53-9

See also

• Battle of Białystok–Minsk
• Operation Barbarossa
  Operation Barbarossa
  Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
  
  
• KV-1 tank
• Mechanized corps (Soviet)
  Mechanized Corps (Soviet)
  A mechanised corps was a Soviet armoured formation used prior to the beginning of World War II.- Pre-war development of Soviet mechanised forces :...
  
  
• T-34 tank

External links

• Web page of Mark Solonin