Professor Geoffrey Roberts: 1 book
For The Motherland! For Stalin!
A Red Army Officer's Memoir of the Eastern Front
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Boris Bogachev's highly readable account of life as a young platoon commander during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 makes for a fascinating read. The son of a Soviet military commissar, Bogachev volunteered to fight as soon as reached the age of seventeen. Life in the Red Army was harsh, with...
