Red Road from Stalingrad: Reflections of a Soviet Infantryman (Stackpole Military History Series) - Softcover

Abdulin, Mansur

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9780811735094: Red Road from Stalingrad: Reflections of a Soviet Infantryman (Stackpole Military History Series)

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ISBN 10: 0811735095 ISBN 13: 9780811735094

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2008

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Memorable first-person account of combat on the Eastern Front during World War I

Rare view of the Red Army in action

Honest, horrifying descriptions of combat, including trench warfare, tank attacks, and friendly fire

Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad and Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. His extraordinary inside view of the ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army. In his own words and with remarkable clarity, he describes what combat was like on the ground, face-to-face with a skilled, deadly, and increasingly desperate enemy.

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Mansur Abdulin was born in Siberia and volunteered for the Red Army in June 1942. Wounded at the Dnieper River, he worked as a miner after the war and now lives in the Ural Mountains.

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