Russia's Heroes 1941-1945 - Softcover

Limited, Constable & Robinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849015783 ISBN 13: 9781849015783

Publisher: Constable & Robinson Limited, 2010

Synopsis

The true story of Russian courage and sacrifice in World War II. When Hitler invaded Russia on 22nd June 1941, the Eastern front opened and with one voice military experts around the world predicted the swift annihilation of the Soviet armies. Nazi Germany threw men and equipment against Russia in unprecedented numbers: a total of five million men took part in the blitz attack along the entire Russian frontier. Using interviews and primary evidence collected in Russia, much of it never previously published, Albert Axell tells the story of the Eastern Front as it unfolds interweaving his accounts of the ordinary and extraordinary men and women soldiers of Russia with the progress of the war itself. The book is both a history and a tale of courage and endurance; unbelievable heroism combined with an implacable refusal to admit defeat, whatever the odds. Contents: List of Maps & Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note to Readers; Preface; Maps; Prologue: The Russians; 1. Barbarossa to Berlin; 2. The Hero Fortress; 3. Shopping in Berlin; 4. The Night Witch; 5. Stalin's Son; 6. Zoya's Execution; 7. The Blockade of Leningrad; 8. The Snipers; 9. Rammers over Moscow; 10. The Cossacks; 11. The Siberians; 12. A Hundred Jewish Generals; 13. Cabbage Soup in Hell; 14. Endurance; 15. The Pilot who Crawled; 16. The Thirteenth Commandment; 17. Tracking the Tirpitz; 18. Cemetery under the Barents Sea; 19. Waltzing with the Queen; 20. "The Wounded Won the War"; 21. The High Cost of Victory; Select Bibliography; Notes and Sources; Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Constable & Robinson Limited
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849015783
• ISBN 13: 9781849015783
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English