Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.
Contents
Prologue : the Russians -- Barbarossa to Berlin -- The hero fortress -- Shopping in Berlin -- The night witch -- Stalin's son -- Zoya's execution -- The blockade of Leningrad -- The snipers -- Rammers over Moscow -- The cossacks -- The Siberians -- A hundred Jewish generals -- Cabbage soup in Hell -- Endurance -- The pilot who crawled -- The thirteenth commandment -- Tracking the Tirpitz -- Cemetery under the Barents Sea -- Waltzing with the queen -- "The wounded won the war" -- The high cost of victory.
Summary
"Using interviews and primary evidence collected in Russia, Albert Axell tells the story of the extraordinary men and women soldiers of Russia--tales of endurance and unbelieveable heroism combined with an implacable refusal to admit defeat"--Page 4 of cover.
