Ivan's war : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
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New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006.
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1st ed.
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xii, 462 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006.
Edition
1st ed.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-439) and index.
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A narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. The men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers, confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan--as the ordinary Russian soldier was called--remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. Drawing on previously closed military and secret police archives, interviews with veterans, and private letters and diaries, Merridale presents the first comprehensive history of the Red Army rank and file, revealing the singular mixture of courage, patriotism, anger, and fear that made it possible for these underfed, badly led troops to defeat the Nazi army.--From publisher description.

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