Fallen Soviet Generals: Soviet General Officers Killed in Battle, 1941-1945 (Soviet (Russian) Military Institutions)

Maslov, Aleksander A.

ISBN 10: 071464790X / ISBN 13: 9780714647906

Published by Routledge, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fallen Soviet Generals: Soviet General Officers Killed in Battle, 1941-1945 (Soviet (Russian) Military Institutions)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071464790X
• ISBN 13: 9780714647906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

No war has caused greater human suffering than the Second World War on Germany's Eastern Front. Victory in the war cost the Red Army over 29 million casualties, whose collective fate is only now being properly documented. Among the many millions of soldiers who made up that gruesome toll were an unprecedented number of Red Army general officers. Many of these perished on the battlefield or in prison camps at the hands of their German tormentors. Others fell victim to equally terrifying Stalinist repression. Together these generals personify the faceless nature of the war of the Eastern Front - the legions of forgotten souls who perished in the war. Covered up for decades, the saga of these victims of war can now be told and in this volume, A A Maslov begins the difficult process of memorializing these warrior casualties. Using formerly secret Soviet archival materials and personal interviews with the families of the officers, he painstakingly documents the fate of Red Army generals who fell victim to wartime enemy action.

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Aleksander A. Maslov, David M. Glantz