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The siege of Brest : a legend of Red Army resistance on the eastern front / Rostislav Aliev ; Russian text by Sergei Anisimov ; translated by Stuart Britton ; maps by Igor Savin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aliev, Rostislav, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Brest (Belarus)--History--Siege, 1941.
- Brest (Belarus).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Military, 2013.
- Summary:
- On 22 June 1941, the first German shells smashed into the Soviet frontier fortress of Brest - Hitler's Operation Barbarossa had begun. Across a massive front stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea, the Wehrmacht advanced, taking the Red Army by surprise, brushing aside the first stunned resistance, breaking through and taking thousands of prisoners, but the isolated stronghold of Brest held out. The defenders, trapped and without hope of relief, put up a tenacious resistance against an entire German division as the Soviet front collapsed behind them. The Germans had allowed 12 hours to secure the area, but it took them nine days. The heroic defence of Brest has become one of the legends of the Second World War on the Eastern Front, an example of selfless Soviet heroism in the face of Nazi aggression.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781473826946
- 1473826942
- 9781473830912
- 1473830915
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