Russian Tanks of World War II

Will Fowler; Tim Bean

ISBN 10: 0760313024 / ISBN 13: 9780760313022

Published by MBI Publishing Company, 2003

Reprint, 2003. Paperback. Front and back covers are in red, white and black color themes, illustrated with black and white photos of military scenes. White lettering on the cover and spine. Leaves are a weighted, semi-gloss paper. Heavily illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings in black and white. Contains appendix. Indexed. 176 pp. In beautiful condition with light rubbing on the cover and very mild wear to the top edge, else fine. Full refund if not satisfied. Seller Inventory # 067100

Synopsis:

Russian Tanks is a pictorial record of Soviet armored forces before and during World War II. The dramatic struggle of the tank crews against German advance is told through the photographs in the book, some of which have never been published before. Included are images of tank training in the 1920's and 1930's, photographs taken on active service, and dramatic pictures of the major tank battles of the war. They are complemented by an authoritative history of the Soviet armored forces, from their inception to their triumphant 1945 entry into Berlin.

Synopsis: At the start of the campaign on the Eastern Front, in the earliest days of Operation Barbarossa, it was the German armour that swept all in front of it as the Wehrmacht drove eastwards in an unrelenting advance on Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad. The ill-prepared and under-resourced Russian forces were forced to retreat. Gradually, the balance of the war swung in favour of the Russian forces, whose strength both in numbers and equipment proved decisive in the ultimate defeat of the German forces in the east. Critical in the Soviet victory was its armour; tanks such as the T-34 proving the equal, if not better than, some of the tanks available to the Germans. This authoritative history of the Soviet forces before and during World War 2, reveals the development of their tactics in the early post-revolutionary era right through to the ultimate victory in Berlin in May 1945. The dramatic struggle of the tank crews against the German advance is told through some 200 contemporary photographs, many of which have never been seen before.

The photographs include images of tank training in the 1920s and 1930s, on active service, and many compelling pictures from some of the major tank battles of the day. Over the past five years, aided by the opening up of archives in Russia previously closed to western experts, there has been a massive growth in interest in the events that occurred on the Eastern Front. Russian Tanks is an important addition to the literature currently available, exploring as it does, the vitally important Soviet armour of the period.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Russian Tanks of World War II
Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: Reprint.