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  • Extremely rare (possibly the only) book-length account of a Soviet penal unit in World War II
  • Gritty, intense style conveys the brutality of war on the Eastern Front

    Composed of convicts--soldiers who conducted "unauthorized retreats," former Soviet POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners--the Red Army''s penal units received the most difficult, dangerous assignments, such as breaking thro...

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  • Extremely rare (possibly the only) book-length account of a Soviet penal unit in World War II
  • Gritty, intense style conveys the brutality of war on the Eastern Front

    Composed of convicts--soldiers who conducted "unauthorized retreats," former Soviet POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners--the Red Army''s penal units received the most difficult, dangerous assignments, such as breaking thro...

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    • Formats: pdf
    • ISBN: 9781461751458
    • Publication Date: 28 Apr 2009
    • Publisher: Stackpole Books
    • Product language: English
    • Drm Setting: DRM