The War Memoirs of Marshal Vasily Chuikov

Author: (Soviet) Vasilevsky
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is the war memoirs of Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky, a renowned Soviet military figure and celebrated commander of the Red Army during World War II, who was twice awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The original title of the book is "A Lifetime's Work." During the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, Vasilevsky held key positions such as Deputy People's Commissar of Defense, member of the Supreme High Command Headquarters, Chief of the General Staff, commander of fronts, and Supreme Commander of the Far Eastern Red Army. He participated in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk, the operations to liberate Belarus and Crimea, and was wounded during the battle for Sevastopol. He coordinated the offensive of three fronts in Belarus and commanded the East Prussian offensive campaign. On July 30, 1945, he was appointed Supreme Commander of the Far Eastern Red Army and directly led the Far Eastern Campaign to eliminate the Japanese Kwantung Army. As Chief of the General Staff and Stalin's trusted assistant, Vasilevsky organized and formulated a series of major campaign plans against the German fascists. In the book, he fully acknowledges Stalin's significant contributions to leading the Soviet people to victory over the German fascists; at the same time, he points out that Stalin's misjudgment in timing the German invasion of the Soviet Union and his failure to correctly identify the main thrust of the German army led to the Soviet Union's initial setbacks in the war. This book is translated from the 6th edition of the Moscow Political Literature Publishing House in 1988. Compared to previous Chinese translations, it has added approximately 100,000 words, including two new chapters, "Defending Leningrad" and "At the General Staff," as well as important content such as "Answers to Readers' Questions."