Germany attacked Soviet Russia with the most highly trainedmilitary ever assembled in World War II. This is the story of theordinary and extraordinary men and women soldiers of Russia: thesnipers who engaged in duels in No Man's Land; Cossack cavalryregiments crossing the ice at night to raid ammunition dumps;pilots out of ammunition using their propellers to cut off thetailes of enemy aircraft; and more. Using interviews and primaryevidence collected in Russia, Albert Axell tells the story of theEastern Front as it unfolded, interweaving his accounts ofindividual exploits with the progress of the war itself. 2002 г.264 стр. 1:8