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Panzer destroyer : memoirs of a Red Army tank commander /

The day after Vasiliy Krysov finished school, on 22 June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and provoked a war of unparalleled extent and cruelty. For the next three years, as a tank commander, Krysov fought against the German panzers in some of the most intense and destructive armored engageme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krysov, Vasiliĭ, 1922-
Other Authors: Britton, Stuart
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Russian.
Published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK : Pen & Sword Military, 2010.
Subjects:
Krysov, Vasiliĭ, > 1922-
Soviet Union. > Raboche-Krestʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ > History > World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Russian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Russian.
World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union > Tank warfare.
Table of Contents:
  • My journey to the Front
  • Stalingrad
  • Kursk 1943
  • Operation Kutuzov
  • To the Dnieper River, August-September 1943
  • Reorganization near Moscow, September-October 1943
  • The liberation of Kiev, November 1943
  • The pursuit to Fastov
  • Von Manstein attempts another 'backhand blow'
  • Rest and refitting
  • The December Zhitomir-Berdichev Offensive
  • From the Front to a hospital and back again
  • The July 1944 Offensive on the Kovel Axis
  • From the Western Bug to Siedlce, Poland
  • In East Prussia.