Tanks of the USSR, 1917–1945

Author: Alexander Ludeke
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473891396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
The Soviet Union had already begun building an armored industry as early as the 1920s. Although initially limited to reconstructing and developing Western European armored vehicles, an independent line of powerful and easy-to-produce models had been established by 1939. Even after the Second World War, the USSR expanded its armament force considerably, even planning to cross western Europe in a massive armoured wave in the event of any conflict with NATO. In this book, Alexander Ldeke looks at all the important Soviet tanks that were built from 1917 up until the end of the Second World War

Russian Tanks, 1900-1970

Author: John Milsom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description

Tanks of the USSR 1917-1945

Author: Alexander Ludeke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473891371
Category : Tanks (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
The Soviet Union had already begun building an armored industry as early as the 1920s. Although initially limited to reconstructing and developing Western European armored vehicles, an independent line of powerful and easy-to-produce models had been established by 1939. Even after the Second World War, the USSR expanded its armament force considerably, even planning to cross western Europe in a massive armored wave in the event of any conflict with NATO. In this book, Alexander L�deke looks at all the important Soviet tanks that were built from 1917 up until the end of the Second World War

Tanks of the USSR 1917-1945

Author: Alexander Lüdeke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473891388
Category : Tanks (Military science)
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Soviet Airborne Experience

Author: David M. Glantz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915826
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Contents: The Prewar Experience; Evolution of Airborne Forces During World War II; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, January-February 1942; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, February-June 1942; Operational Employment: On the Dnepr, September 1943; Tactical Employment; The Postwar Years.

The Military History of the Soviet Union

Author: R. Higham
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230108210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
This volume provides an introduction to the history of the Soviet armed forces from 1917 to 1991. The authors highlight the many facets of the Cold War, including the rise of the Soviet Navy after the Great Patriotic War and the collapse of the Soviet Union which marks its twentieth anniversary in 2011.

The Culture of Military Organizations

Author: Peter R. Mansoor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485

Book Description
Examines how military culture forms and changes, as well as its impact on the effectiveness of military organizations.

Jane's Armour and Artillery Upgrades 2005-2006

Author: Christopher F. Foss
Publisher: Janes Information Group
ISBN: 9780710626875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 800

Book Description
Jane's Armour and Artillery Upgrades details information essential for those interested in the world's armour and artillery subsystems that are currently in production, under development or for which it is thought production facilities still exist around the globe.

Mass Culture in Soviet Russia

Author: James Von Geldern
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253209696
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 548

Book Description
This anthology offers a rich array of documents, short fiction, poems, songs, plays, movie scripts, comic routines, and folklore to offer a close look at the mass culture that was consumed by millions in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1953. Both state-sponsored cultural forms and the unofficial culture that flourished beneath the surface are represented. The focus is on the entertainment genres that both shaped and reflected the social, political, and personal values of the regime and the masses. The period covered encompasses the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the mixed economy and culture of the 1920s, the tightly controlled Stalinist 1930s, the looser atmosphere of the Great Patriotic War, and the postwar era ending with the death of Stalin. Much of the material appears here in English for the first time. A companion 45-minute audio tape (ISBN 0-253-32911-6) features contemporaneous performances of fifteen popular songs of the time, with such favorites as "Bublichki," "The Blue Kerchief," and "Katyusha." Russian texts of the songs are included in the book.

The Red Army and the Second World War

Author: Alexander Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316720519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 757

Book Description
In a definitive new account of the Soviet Union at war, Alexander Hill charts the development, successes and failures of the Red Army from the industrialisation of the Soviet Union in the late 1920s through to the end of the Great Patriotic War in May 1945. Setting military strategy and operations within a broader context that includes national mobilisation on a staggering scale, the book presents a comprehensive account of the origins and course of the war from the perspective of this key Allied power. Drawing on the latest archival research and a wealth of eyewitness testimony, Hill portrays the Red Army at war from the perspective of senior leaders and men and women at the front line to reveal how the Red Army triumphed over the forces of Nazi Germany and her allies on the Eastern Front, and why it did so at such great cost.