The excellent library of the War Museum in Athens, which every one of us must visit, has been operating continuously since 1976 with a very important historical archive. Her collection of books consists of the main one, which includes the largest number of books, the Paparrodou collection, and the collection of the historical archive. The total number of books amounts to about 25,000 volumes and consists of Greek and foreign language publications, mainly military history, but also humanities and social sciences, military regulations, military manuals and yearbooks of officers of all three branches of the Armed Forces.