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What was it like to command a T-34 tank on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How were tank operations organized and carried out, what was the actual experience of combat, and what were the qualities that made the difference between success and failure - and what were the chances of survival? Vasiliy Pavlovich Bryukhov's vivid, detailed and gripping memoir of his wartime service gives a fascinating and authentic insight into these questions. Also it provides an accurate, unsentimental record of the day-to-day life of a tankman whose unit fought in the forefront of the Red Army throughout the conflict across the western Soviet Union and into eastern Europe. His first-hand eyewitness account is a memorable personal story, and it gives a powerful insight into the reality of tank warfare seventy years ago. ILLUSTRATIONS: 20 b/w

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Vasiliy Pavlovich Bryukhov's vivid, detailed and gripping memoir of his wartime service gives a fascinating and authentic insight. An accurate, unsentimental record of the day-to-day life of a tankman. Graphic first-hand account of tank warfare on the Eastern Front. Accurate depiction of small-scale, lethal clashes with enemy tanks and anti-tank guns. OCAD MILITARIA COLLECTORS RESOURCES

Vasiliy Pavlovich Bryukhov's vivid, detailed and gripping memoir of his wartime service gives a fascinating and authentic insight. An accurate, unsentimental record of the day-to-day life of a tankman. Graphic first-hand account of tank warfare on the Eastern Front. Accurate depiction of small-scale, lethal clashes with enemy tanks and anti-tank guns. OCAD MILITARIA COLLECTORS RESOURCES Translated from the Russian origional, this is one man's story. Starting from his youth in Osa, one of a fairly large family wh had their own hardshops to get through in the pre-war years, he graduated from tank school in 1943, in time to be a commander of a T-34 during the battle of the Kursk salliet. A fascinating account, he simply tells what it was like at the time, wiout trying to over-dramatise things, or glorify himsef or any other. An interesting read, giving a good insite to what it ment to be Red Army Tank Commander in WW2, just as the title suggests. Military Modelling www.militarymodelling.com

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