Tank Rider: Into the Reich With the Red Army

Bessonov, Evgeni

ISBN 10: 1853675547 / ISBN 13: 9781853675546

Published by Greenhill Books, London, 2003

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Greenhill Books, 2003. 8vo., 254pp., illus. b/w plates. "Tank Rider is the atmospheric memoir of Evgeni Bessonov telling of his years of service in the vanguard of the Red Army and daily encounters with the German foe. He brings large-scale battles alive, recounts the sniping and skirmishing which tried and tested soldiers on both sides and narrates the overwhelming tragedy and horror of apocalyptic warfare on the Eastern Front." Fine in fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tank Rider: Into the Reich With the Red Army
• Publisher: Greenhill Books, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853675547
• ISBN 13: 9781853675546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • England & Europe
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

Tank Rider is the atmospheric memoir of Evgeni Bessonov telling of his years of service in the vanguard of the Red Army and daily encounters with the German foe. He brings large-scale battles alive, recounts the sniping and skirmishing which tried and tested soldiers on both sides and narrates the overwhelming tragedy and horror of apocalyptic warfare on the Eastern Front.

About the Author

Evgeni Bessonov was born in Moscow in 1923. He graduated from military academy in 1943 and served as a lieutenant in the Red Army. He wounded in 1945 during the fighting for Berlin.