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228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Parade of the damned -- Facing the rising sun -- Blows to the west -- The winter war: Disaster in the snow -- The winter war: Victory without triumph -- Awaiting the western storm -- Appendix 1: Soviet order of battle in Lake Khasan battles -- Appendix 2: Soviet order of battle at Khalkin Gol: 20 August 1939 -- Appendix 3: Soviet order of battle in Poland: 17 September 1939 -- Appendix 4: Soviet order of battle for occupation of Baltic States: October -- Appendix 5: Soviet order of battle during winter war -- Appendix 6: Soviet order of battle for invasion of the Baltic States: June 1940 -- Appendix 7: Soviet order of battle for occupation of Bessarabia and Bukovina: June 1940. |
| Summary |
In the late 1930s, a brutal Ezhovshchina (Purge) swept through all levels of Soviet society, with millions arrested and tens of thousands shot for reasons lacking any form of ethics. The armed forces did not escape the bloody tidal wave, which swept away the majority of their most experienced and gifted officers. Yet as the leadership of the Soviet forces was cut to pieces, the Red Army was deployed in operations at the extremities of Stalin's empire. Despite showing ominous signs of weakness, in every case it triumphed. The Japanese had been defeated on the Korean border at Lake Khasan in 1938 and a year later suffered a major defeat on the Mongolian border at the River Khalkin (Khalkin Gol) in an offensive directed by the future Marshal Zhukov. These guns had barely ceased fire when there was a major invasion of eastern Poland following the Ribbentrop Pact. On the back of that, the Baltic States were compelled to allow the Russians to base forces in their borders. But as the Purges eased and Moscow became overconfident, the massive Red Army became enmeshed in the disastrous Winter War with Finland of 1939-1940, which saw its military prestige shattered and its invasion not only stopped but dealt a series of major defeats. Following detailed research, E.R. Hooten provides insight into the operations conducted by the Red Army from 1937 to 1941 and makes some surprising conclusions about the impact of the Purges. |
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Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestianskaia Krasnaia Armiia -- History -- Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940.
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Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestianskaia Krasnaia Armiia -- Purges.
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Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestianskaia Krasnaia Armiia -- History -- Russo-Japanese Border Conflicts, 1932-1941.
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Soviet Union -- History, Military.
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Operational art (Military science)
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Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 -- Campaigns.
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Russo-Japanese Border Conflicts, 1932-1941 -- Campaigns.
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Military planning -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestianskaia Krasnaia Armiia. (OCoLC)fst00549801
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Operational art (Military science) (OCoLC)fst01046375
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Military planning. (OCoLC)fst01021370
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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Russo-Japanese Border Conflicts (1932-1941) (OCoLC)fst01102484 |
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Russo-Finnish War (1939-1940) (OCoLC)fst01102467 |
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 |
| Chronological Term |
1932-1941
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1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
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| Added Title |
Red Army operations before Barbarossa, 1937-1941 |
| ISBN |
9780954311551 |
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0954311558 |
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