Red Army tank commander : at war in a T-34 on the Eastern front / Vasiliy Bryukhov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryukhov, Vasiliy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Soviet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.

Summary:

What was it like to command a T-34 tank on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How were tank operations organized and carried out, what was the actual experience of combat, and what were the qualities that made the difference between success and failure - and what were the chances of survival? Vasiliy Pavlovich Bryukhov's vivid, detailed and gripping memoir of his wartime service gives a fascinating and authentic insight into these questions. Also it provides an accurate, unsentimental record of the day-to-day life of a tankman whose unit fought in the forefront of the Red Army thro

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Childhood; Chapter 2: The War; Chapter 3: The Tankman; Chapter 4: At the Front Line; Chapter 5: 1944; Chapter 6: The Brigade; Chapter 7: The Advance; Chapter 8: In Charge of the Company; Chapter 9: The New Offensive; Chapter 10: Fighting for Hungary; Chapter 11: Regrouping; Chapter 12: Across Yugoslavia and Hungary; Chapter 13: Through the Fire; Chapter 14: Balaton Lake; Chapter 15: Back into Action; Chapter 16: The End of the War; Chapter 17: After the Victory; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473822382

1473822386