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Unmasking the Untold Story of World War II

Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe''s most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it.

Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivanas the ordinary Russian soldier was calledremain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought.

Sourced from previously inaccessible military archives, personal diaries, and intimate veterans'' narratives, author Catherine Merridale unveils the untold journey of these soldiers from their first encounter with the German offensive to their hard-earned victory in Stalingrada place where survival was measured in mere hours.

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: 23/01/2007
      ISBN13: 9780312426521, 978-0312426521
      ISBN10: 0312426526
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Unmasking the Untold Story of World War II

      Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe''s most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it.

      Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivanas the ordinary Russian soldier was calledremain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought.

      Sourced from previously inaccessible military archives, personal diaries, and intimate veterans'' narratives, author Catherine Merridale unveils the untold journey of these soldiers from their first encounter with the German offensive to their hard-earned victory in Stalingrada place where survival was measured in mere hours.

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