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A poignant account of the perils and fortunes of an indomitable survivor of violence in Eastern Europe during World War II. In 1939, to escape Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Adam Broner and his older brother Sam left their home and family in Lodz, Poland, and made their way to the Soviet Union. Adam enlisted in the Red Army to join the fight against the Nazis but was sent to work in a Siberian coal mine instead when his nationality was discovered. After a bold and daring escape from Siberia, Broner reached the Soviet Polish Kosciuszko Army, joined the struggle against the Nazis,

Jews --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Participation, Jewish. --- Broner, Adam, --- Poland. --- Soviet Union. --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Red Army (Soviet Union) --- RKKA SSSR --- R.K.K.A. S.S.S.R. --- צבא האדום --- רױטע ארמײ

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The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history, and in this pioneering study Francesco Benvenuti provides a detailed analysis of the politics (as opposed to the operational activities) of the Red Army during the Civil War. Several historians have suggested that the roots of Stalinism may be found in the Bolshevik experience during the Civil War, and Benvenuti shows that the military opposition inside the party was much stronger than conventionally supposed: Trotsky's subsequent political weakness owed much to his ruthless pursuit of military goals not always in direct harmony with party interests, as did his technocratic attempts to extend the role of specialist advisers at the expense of party officials.

History of Eastern Europe --- Internal politics --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1920-1929 --- Soviet Union --- URSS --- History --- Histoire --- Soviet Union. --- Red Army (Soviet Union) --- RKKA SSSR --- R.K.K.A. S.S.S.R. --- צבא האדום --- רױטע ארמײ --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- History. --- Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921) --- Russia --- Arts and Humanities

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Die Reihe erscheint seit 1977. In ihr erscheinen vor allem Editionen historischer Quellen und Inventare; sie dient aber auch zur Publizierung von Bibliographien, Handbüchern und Monographien.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Soldiers --- Campaigns --- Soviet Union. --- History --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Operation Barbarossa, 1941 --- Red Army (Soviet Union) --- RKKA SSSR --- R.K.K.A. S.S.S.R. --- צבא האדום --- רױטע ארמײ --- Armed Forces

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This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Edelweiss in the summer of 1942, a bold attempt to capture the Soviet oilfields of Grozny and Baku and open the way to securing the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. Hitler viewed this campaign as the key to victory in World War Two. Mountain warfare requires unique skills: climbing and survival techniques, unconventional logistical and medical arrangements and knowledge of ballistics at high altitudes. The Main Caucasus Ridge became the battleground that saw the elite German mountain divisions clash with the untrained soldiers of the Red Army, as they fought each other, the weather and the terrain.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Operation Edelweiss. --- Edelweiss, Operation --- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 --- Mountain warfare. --- Campaigns --- Germany. --- Soviet Union. --- Norddeutscher Bund (1866-1870). --- Mountain troops. --- Caucasus --- Caucasia --- Caucasus Mountains --- Caucasus Region --- Kavkaz --- History, Military --- Red Army (Soviet Union) --- RKKA SSSR --- R.K.K.A. S.S.S.R. --- צבא האדום --- רױטע ארמײ --- Russian S.F.S.R.

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This book investigates the demobilization and post-war readjustment of Red Army veterans in Leningrad and its environs after the Great Patriotic War. Over 300,000 soldiers were stood down in this war-ravaged region between July 1945 and 1948. They found the transition to civilian life more challenging than many could ever have imagined. For civilian Leningraders, reintegrating the rapid influx of former soldiers represented an enormous political, economic, social and cultural challenge. In this book, Robert Dale reveals how these former soldiers became civilians in a society devastated and traumatized by total warfare. Dale discusses how, and how successfully, veterans became ordinary citizens. Based on extensive original research in local and national archives, oral history interviews and the examination of various newspaper collections, Demobilized Veterans in Late Stalinist Leningrad peels back the myths woven around demobilization, to reveal a darker history repressed by society and concealed from historiography. While propaganda celebrated this disarmament as a smooth process which reunited veterans with their families, reintegrated them into the workforce and facilitated upward social mobility, the reality was rarely straightforward. Many veterans were caught up in the scramble for work, housing, healthcare and state hand-outs. Others drifted to the social margins, criminality or became the victims of post-war political repression. Demobilized Veterans in Late Stalinist Leningrad tells the story of both the failure of local representatives to support returning Soviet soldiers, and the remarkable resilience and creativity of veterans in solving the problems created by their return to society. It is a vital study for all scholars and students of post-war Soviet history and the impact of war in the modern era

World War, 1939-1945 --- Veterans --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Combat veterans --- Ex-military personnel --- Ex-service men --- Military veterans --- Returning veterans --- Vets (Veterans) --- War veterans --- Armed Forces --- Retired military personnel --- History --- Social aspects --- Soviet Union. --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Red Army (Soviet Union) --- RKKA SSSR --- R.K.K.A. S.S.S.R. --- צבא האדום --- רױטע ארמײ --- Demobilization --- Saint Petersburg (Russia) --- Soviet Union --- Saint Petersburg (R.S.F.S.R.) --- Pietari (Russia) --- Peterburi (Russia) --- Peterburg (Russia) --- Piter (Russia) --- St. Petersburg (Russia) --- Petersburg (Russia) --- Sankt-Peterburg (Russia) --- Санкт-Петербург (Russia) --- Sanktpeterburg (Russia) --- Санктпетербург (Russia) --- Saint-Pétersbourg (Russia) --- San Pietroburgo (Russia) --- Petroupolis (Russia) --- Petropolis (Russia) --- Petrograd (R.S.F.S.R.) --- Leningrad (R.S.F.S.R.) --- History, Military --- Social conditions