The Red Army in Combat 1941-1945 (Eastern Front from Primary Sources) - Hardcover

9781781580547: The Red Army in Combat 1941-1945 (Eastern Front from Primary Sources)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781580545 ISBN 13: 9781781580547

Publisher: The Bookzine Company Ltd, 2012

This fascinating compilation of wartime battlefield reports drawn from Russian and German sources has been carefully selected by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers to produce an absorbing overview of the organization and tactics of the Red Army in World War II. Featured topics include anti-tank measures, cavalry tactics, the development of the Red Guards, Soviet parachute battalions, mountain fighters, mortar formations, field defenses and improvisations, artillery effectiveness, infantry tactics and more.

Combining contemporary reports of the key characteristics of the Red Army with more obscure aspects, including tactical advice given to Soviet troops on how to attack tanks with Molotov cocktails, this excellent survey of sources builds into an absorbing account of the Red Army drawn exclusively from original wartime reports. This new eBook compilation is essential reading for anyone interested in discovering rare and vital information on the combat experience of the Red Army from primary sources.

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About the Author

Bob Carruthers is an Emmy Award winning author and historian, who has written extensively on the Great War. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Bob is the author of a number of military history titles including the Amazon best seller The Wehrmacht in Russia.

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