About the book: 2011 / In the monograph of Doctor of Historical Sciences, military sailor, captain 1st rank Vladimir Ivanovich Zhumatiy, the little-studied problem of military naval art - amphibious operations of the Soviet Armed Forces since their inception during the Civil War of 1918–1921. and until the end of the Great Patriotic War. The book focuses on the landing operations of 1941–1945. in the wars against Nazi Germany and its allies and militaristic Japan. The Great Patriotic War was a special stage in the development of domestic military and naval art, the most important feature of which was the close interaction of various branches of the armed forces and branches of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Joint operations of the Army and Navy contributed to the realization of the most significant goals. In terms of the complexity of organizing interaction, they were the highest achievement of military and naval art. No other fleet in the world has had such rich experience in versatile, close and long-term interaction with the Ground Forces as our fleet received in the Great Patriotic War and the Soviet-Japanese War. During the years of the Great Patriotic War and the Soviet-Japanese War, the Navy, without having specially built landing ships, landed 193 amphibious assault forces of various sizes, including carrying out 11 amphibious operations. This book is dedicated to the heroic experience of Soviet paratroopers..