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Author : Alexander Hill
Release : 2017
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 794/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Red Army and the Second World War by : Alexander Hill
Download or read book The Red Army and the Second World War written by Alexander Hill. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new account of the Soviet Union at war which charts the development, successes and failures of the Red Army.
Author : Brandon M. Schechter
Release : 2019-10-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 816/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Stuff of Soldiers by : Brandon M. Schechter
Download or read book The Stuff of Soldiers written by Brandon M. Schechter. This book was released on 2019-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon M. Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians. Through a fascinating examination of leaflets, proclamations, newspapers, manuals, letters to and from the front, diaries, and interviews, The Stuff of Soldiers reveals how the use of everyday items made it possible to wage war. The dazzling range of documents showcases ethnic diversity, women's particular problems at the front, and vivid descriptions of violence and looting. Each chapter features a series of related objects: weapons, uniforms, rations, and even the knick-knacks in a soldier's rucksack. These objects narrate the experience of people at war, illuminating the changes taking place in Soviet society over the course of the most destructive conflict in recorded history. Schechter argues that spoons, shovels, belts, and watches held as much meaning to the waging of war as guns and tanks. In The Stuff of Soldiers, he describes the transformative potential of material things to create a modern culture, citizen, and soldier during World War II.
Author : Anton Shalito
Release : 1993
Genre : Military uniforms
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Book Rating : 594/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Red Army Uniforms of World War II in Colour Photographs by : Anton Shalito
Download or read book Red Army Uniforms of World War II in Colour Photographs written by Anton Shalito. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening of the former Soviet Union to the West over the past three years has made accessible, for the first time, much new material on the Red Army of the Great Patriotic War - the huge and varied forces which won some of the greatest battles of World War II against the German invasion. This book contains a range of rare, authentic uniforms modelled and photographed in Moscow: tank commanders and generals, assault infantry and women medics, pilots and NKVD security officers, artillerymen, camouflaged scouts, and many more. The photographs are backed-up by close-ups of insignia and personal equipment.
Author : John Shaw
Release : 1979-06-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 181/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Red Army Resurgent by : John Shaw
Download or read book Red Army Resurgent written by John Shaw. This book was released on 1979-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David M. Glantz
Release : 1998
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Stumbling Colossus by : David M. Glantz
Download or read book Stumbling Colossus written by David M. Glantz. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on evidence never before seen in the West, including combat records of early engagements, David Glantz claims that in 1941 the Red Army was poorly trained, inadequately equipped, ineptly organized, and consequently incapable of engaging in large-scale military campaigns - and both Hitler and Stalin knew it. He provides a complete and convincing study of why the Soviets almost lost the war that summer, dispelling many of the myths about the Red Army that have persisted since the war and soundly refuting Viktor Suvorov's controversial thesis that Stalin was planning a preemptive strike against Germany.
