Gorbachevsky Boris Through the Maelstrom 9780700621071

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Автор: Gorbachevsky Boris
Название: Through the Maelstrom
ISBN: 9780700621071
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Вторая мировая война

Военно-воздушные силы и военные действия

ISBN-10: 0700621075
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 480
Вес: 0.69 кг.
Дата издания: 30.03.2015
Серия: Modern war studies
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 32 photographs
Размер: 155 x 229 x 29
Ключевые слова: Second World War,Air forces & warfare
Подзаголовок: A red army soldier`s war on the eastern front 1942-1945
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The monumental battles of World War IIs Eastern Front—Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk—are etched into the historical record. But there is another, hidden history of that war that has too often been ignored in official accounts. Boris Gorbachevsky was a junior officer in the 31st Army who first saw front-line duty as a rifleman in the 30th Army. Through the Maelstrom recounts his three harrowing years on some of the wars grimmest but forgotten battlefields: the campaign for Rzhev, the bloody struggle to retake Belorussia, and the bitter final fighting in East Prussia. As he traces his experiences from his initial training, through the maelstrom, to final victory, he provides one of the richest and most detailed memoirs of life and warfare on the Eastern Front. Gorbachevskys panoramic account takes us from infantry specialist school to the front lines to rear services areas and his whirlwind romances in wartime Moscow. He recalls the shriek of Katiusha rockets flying overhead toward the enemy and the unforgettable howl of Stukas divebombing Soviet tanks. And he conveys horrors of brutal fighting not recorded previously in English, including his own participation in a human wave assault that decimated his regiment at Rzhev, with piles of corpses growing the closer they got to the German trenches. Gorbachevsky also records the sufferings of the starving citizens of Leningrad, the savage execution of a Russian scout who turned in false information, the killing of an innocent German trying to welcome the Soviet troops, and a chilling campfire discussion by four Russian soldiers as they compared notes about the women theyd raped. His memoir brims with rich descriptions of daily army life, the challenges of maintaining morale, and relationships between soldiers. It also includes candid expos?s of the many problems the Red Army faced: the influence of political officers, the stubbornness of senior commanders, the attrition through desertions, and the initial months of occupation in postwar Germany. Through the Maelstrom features the swiftly moving narrative and rich dialogue associated with the grand style of great Russian literature. Ultimately, it provides a fitting and final testament to soldiers who fought and died in anonymity.
Дополнительное описание: Second World War|Modern warfare|Air forces and warfare

Through the Maelstrom, Gorbachevsky Boris