Blood-Soaked East Front: "Barbarossa" · Stalingrad · Kursk · Leningrad · Berlin: Previously Unseen Historical Photos, 1941-1945 (Includes one VCD disc)

Author: Will Fowler
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Over 450 photographs from the archives of the former Soviet Union, revealing little-known battles on the Eastern Front of World War II for the first time. Covers all major battles on the Eastern Front, from "Barbarossa," Stalingrad, Kursk, Leningrad, to the capture of Berlin. Provides detailed accounts of the lives and battles of Soviet partisans operating behind German lines. Vividly depicts the heroic epic written in blood and lives by the Red Army soldiers on the Eastern Front. The fighting on the Eastern Front (i.e., the Soviet-German Front) during World War II was exceptionally bloody: Over 30 million military and civilian casualties were recorded on both sides during the four-year war. After the war, the entire country of Poland, the European part of Russia, and Germany were reduced to ruins. Blood on the Eastern Front is a photographic record of this terrible war. This book uses previously unpublished photographs from a former Soviet archives to narrate this long-forgotten history from the perspective of ordinary men and women who participated in the war, recreating the most brutal conflict in history with unique visual impact. It provides in-depth introductions and summaries of major battles such as the Stalingrad counteroffensive, the Kursk battle, and the capture of Berlin, but emphasizes interpreting each battle, campaign, and even the entire war based on the experiences and perspectives of individual soldiers. At the same time, the book also details the heroic and tenacious battles of irregular forces, particularly partisans, who fought on the Eastern Front.