The book tells about various aspects and episodes of the Second World War: the role of the occult in the life of the Third Reich and the Nazi expeditions to Tibet; about the ominous order No. 270 and penal battalions; that the USSR had its own version of the Barbarossa plan; about the secrets of Peenemünde and the secrets of Dresden treasures; about the death of the “Red Chapel”, the fates of General Paulus and Captain Marinesko... Moreover, what is especially valuable, the book presents views “from both sides.” Most of the heroes and anti-heroes of these essays have long become shadows of the other world. However, they so influenced the fate of the world and the life of mankind that we to this day understand the intricacies of their actions.