Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944

Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944

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Cornish, Nik
PEN & SWORD BOOKS
EAN: 9781783465521
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Between 1941 and 1944, in the war on the Eastern Front, Soviet partisans fought a ruthless underground campaign behind the German lines. During those three terrible years of occupation they spied on the Germans, disrupted their communications, sabotaged road and rail routes and carried out assassinations and raids, and thousands of these irregular soldiers lost their lives. Yet their exploits are frequently overlooked in general histories of the conflict, and their experience of the war and their contribution to the Soviet victory are rarely recognized. That is why Nik Cornishs collection of photographs of the Soviet partisans is a landmark in the field. In a sequence of over 150 images, most of them previously unpublished, he gives a fascinating all-round portrait of the lives of the partisans and their struggle to resist and survive in a war that was waged with almost unparalleled cruelty on both sides. And, in his commentary, he outlines the history of the partisans - their desperate, chaotic beginnings in the wake of the German attack, their increasing coordination, daring and effectiveness as the war went on, and the key role they played as the Germans were forced back. He also records, through the photographs, the merciless counter-measures taken by the Germans and the reprisals. His book gives a compelling insight into one of the most important side shows of the Second World War.
EAN 9781783465521
ISBN 1783465522
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel PEN & SWORD BOOKS
Datum vydání 19. ledna 2014
Stránky 144
Jazyk English
Země Uruguay
Autoři Cornish, Nik
Série Images of War