The War on the Eastern Front by Hill, Alexander - 9781526786104

The War on the Eastern FrontThe Soviet Union, 1941-1945 - A Photographic History\nAuthor(s): Hill, Alexander\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pen & Sword Military\nISBN-13: 9781526786104, 978-1526786104\nSynopsis\nThe RIA-Novosti press agency -now known as Sputnik in the West -has one of the best archives of Soviet Second World War photographs and for this remarkable book Alexander Hill has made a superb selection of them. These striking images record vividly, as only photographs can, the brutal conflict on the Eastern Front and the extraordinary experience of the soldiers and civilians who were caught up in it.\n\nEvery aspect of the struggle is depicted -the fighting on the front lines and behind the lines, aerial combat and naval warfare, the ordeal of living under German occupation, the war industries and Lend-Lease and the massive sacrifices made at every level of Soviet society to defeat the Germans.\n\nThe photographs and ca.