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Скачать книгу (размер 2 023 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 398) Аннотация: In 1941 close to one million Russian soldiers died defending Moscow from German invasion-more causalities than that of the United States and Britain during all of World War II. Many of these soldiers were in fact not soldiers at all, but instead ordinary people who took up arms to defend their city. Students dropped their books for guns; released prisoners exchanged their freedom for battle; and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 023 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 398) Аннотация: A brilliantly researched and realized history, an essential addition to the literature of World War II. The 1941 Battle of Moscow — unquestionably one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War — marked the first strategic defeat of the German armed forces in their seemingly unstoppable march across Europe. The Soviets lost many more people in that one battle than the British and…