Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 1941-45

<p>This book consists of extracts from key documents along with commentary and further reading on the ‘Great Patriotic War’ of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany 1941-45.</p><p>Despite the historical significance of the war few Soviet documents have been published in English. This work provides translations of a range of extracts from Soviet documents relating to the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front during World War II with commentary. This is the only single-volume work in English to use documentary evidence to look at the Soviet war effort from military political economic and diplomatic perspectives. The book should not only facilitate a deeper study of the Soviet war effort but also allow more balanced study of what is widely known in the West as the ‘Eastern Front’.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of military history Soviet history and World War II history.</p>