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"The Ukrainian War III: From the reconquest of Kherson to stagnation" is the third book dedicated to the Ukrainian War by Armies. Coordinated by Beatriz Cózar Murillo and Christian D. Villanueva López, it aims to clarify some of the key moments of a conflict that seems long. Following the line of the two previous volumes, it combines rigor and depth with an effort to adapt the content to audiences outside the military world. Almost two years have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine. The frustrated attempt to decapitate the Ukrainian government has led to a war that still seems far from being resolved. In this third book, a critical period is covered, without which it is impossible to understand the current situation. A period of time that goes from the Ukrainian reconquest of Kherson to the subsequent changes in Russian strategy. A before and after that has allowed [Keep reading…]

"The S-80 program: Two decades fighting to stay afloat", written by Christian D. Villanueva López, seeks to dismantle many of the myths surrounding this vital program for the Navy. To do this, he resorts to hundreds of written sources and interviews, trying to put the reality of this project in black and white. The result of more than two decades of setbacks and disappointments, but also of a firm will and an immense capacity for adaptation and improvement, the S-80 program is a faithful reflection of Spain itself, with its lights and shadows. Conceived at a time of great economic boom and international projection, but also of profound changes, it involved an excessive technological risk. Especially if we take into account the deep crisis that the shipbuilding sector was going through. Given the context, the reasons why the country ventured into the design and construction of a submarine “entirely” [Keep reading…]

"The Ukrainian War II: From the conquest of Lugansk to the Ukrainian counteroffensive" follows in the wake of our previous book about a conflict that goes far beyond the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, the destruction of a country, the loss of credibility of the Russian Armed Forces or the hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. However, almost a year later, the “special military operation” approved by Putin continues to clash with reality: neither the Ukrainian Government has collapsed, nor does the population's will to resist seem to have diminished, nor has the Russian Army proven to be capable of achieving the strategic objectives set by the Kremlin, even though these have been progressively reduced. This work is the continuation of “The Ukrainian War. The 100 days that changed Europe" and does the same with the [Keep reading…]

"The War in Ukraine: The 100 Days that Changed Europe" is a very special project for the entire team, as it is the first book we published, and it is also the head of a series that will materialize in collaboration with the Catarata publishing house. It is also, with all certainty, only the first of those that we will dedicate to the war in Ukraine, which is why it is focused on the first 100 days of the conflict. Later there will be a second part focused on the change in Russian strategy that led it to take practically all of Lugansk in the following phases, but let's not anticipate events. As unfortunately we all know, on February 24, Russia began the invasion of Ukraine. What was probably conceived as a coup to overthrow Zelensky's government, dismantle his armed forces and occupy the country with the units that Moscow had been massing for [Keep reading…]