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Guns against the Reich : memoirs of an artillery officer on the Eastern Front / Petr Mikhin ; translator, Bair Irincheev ; English text, Stuart Britton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mikhin, Petr.
- Standardized Title:
- Voĭna, kakoĭ ona byla. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Russian.
- Mikhin, Petr.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In three years of war on the Eastern Front-from the desperate defense of Moscow, through the epic struggles at Stalingrad and Kursk to the final offensives in central Europe-artillery-man Petr Mikhin experienced the full horror of battle. In this vivid memoir he recalls distant but deadly duels with German guns, close-quarter hand-to-hand combat, and murderous mortar and tank attacks, and he remembers the pity of defeat and the grief that accompanied victories that cost thousands of lives. He was wounded and shell-shocked, he saw his comrades killed and was nearly captured, and he was threaten
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The Rzhev meat-grinder
- pt. 2. From Stalingrad to the western border
- pt. 3. Here it is, Eastern Europe!
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299198784
- 1299198783
- 9781844681525
- 1844681521
- OCLC:
- 797915592
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