Guns against the Reich : memoirs of an artillery officer on the Eastern Front /
Mikhin, Petr.
Guns against the Reich : memoirs of an artillery officer on the Eastern Front / Petr Mikhin ; translator Bair Irincheev ; English text Stuart Britton. - Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2010. - 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations
pt. 1. The Rzhev meat-grinder. Prologue : training is hard -- Rzhev -- Die, but don't retreat! -- The slaughter at Rzhev -- pt. 2. From Stalingrad to the Western border -- From Starobelsk to the Donbus -- Encircled! -- Kursk -- On the heels of the enemy -- On defense along the Ingulets River -- The spring offensive -- Bridgehead on the Dnestr -- Despair -- My heroic crews! -- pt. 3. Here it is, Eastern Europe! Romania, Bulgaria, Yogoslavia -- Command problems -- The liberation of Hungary -- Austria and Czechoslovakia.
"In three years of war on the Eastern Front -- from the desperate defence of Moscow, through the epic struggles at Stalingrad and Kursk to the final offensives in central Europe -- artilleryman Petr Mikhin experienced the full horror of battle. In this vivid memoir, he recalls distant but deadly duels with German guns, close-quarter hand-to-hand combat, and murderous mortar and tank attacks, and he remembers the pity of defeat and the grief that accompanied victories that cost of thousands of lives. He was wounded and shell-shocked, he saw his comrades killed and was nearly captured, and he was threatened with the disgrace of a court martial. For years, he lived with the constant strain of combat and the ever-present possibility of death. And he recalls his experiences with a candour and an immediacy that brings the war on the Eastern Front -- a war of immense scale and intensity -- dramatically to life"--Jacket
English.
9781844681525 (electronic bk.) 1844681521 (electronic bk.) 1299198783 9781299198784
6DC157D0-AF06-4EEA-9861-34C1B641B882 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Mikhin, Petr.
Mikhin, Petr.
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Russian.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Campagnes et batailles--Front oriental.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Military campaigns.
Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
Autobiography
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives--Russian.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
D811 / .M5413 2010eb
940.54217092
Guns against the Reich : memoirs of an artillery officer on the Eastern Front / Petr Mikhin ; translator Bair Irincheev ; English text Stuart Britton. - Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2010. - 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations
pt. 1. The Rzhev meat-grinder. Prologue : training is hard -- Rzhev -- Die, but don't retreat! -- The slaughter at Rzhev -- pt. 2. From Stalingrad to the Western border -- From Starobelsk to the Donbus -- Encircled! -- Kursk -- On the heels of the enemy -- On defense along the Ingulets River -- The spring offensive -- Bridgehead on the Dnestr -- Despair -- My heroic crews! -- pt. 3. Here it is, Eastern Europe! Romania, Bulgaria, Yogoslavia -- Command problems -- The liberation of Hungary -- Austria and Czechoslovakia.
"In three years of war on the Eastern Front -- from the desperate defence of Moscow, through the epic struggles at Stalingrad and Kursk to the final offensives in central Europe -- artilleryman Petr Mikhin experienced the full horror of battle. In this vivid memoir, he recalls distant but deadly duels with German guns, close-quarter hand-to-hand combat, and murderous mortar and tank attacks, and he remembers the pity of defeat and the grief that accompanied victories that cost of thousands of lives. He was wounded and shell-shocked, he saw his comrades killed and was nearly captured, and he was threatened with the disgrace of a court martial. For years, he lived with the constant strain of combat and the ever-present possibility of death. And he recalls his experiences with a candour and an immediacy that brings the war on the Eastern Front -- a war of immense scale and intensity -- dramatically to life"--Jacket
English.
9781844681525 (electronic bk.) 1844681521 (electronic bk.) 1299198783 9781299198784
6DC157D0-AF06-4EEA-9861-34C1B641B882 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Mikhin, Petr.
Mikhin, Petr.
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Russian.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Campagnes et batailles--Front oriental.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Military campaigns.
Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
Autobiography
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives--Russian.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
D811 / .M5413 2010eb
940.54217092