Red Road from Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman
Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Soviet army. In his own words, and with a remarkable clarity of recall, he describes what combat was like on the ground, face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy.
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Red Road from Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman
Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Soviet army. In his own words, and with a remarkable clarity of recall, he describes what combat was like on the ground, face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy.
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Red Road from Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

Red Road from Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

Red Road from Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

Red Road from Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

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Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Soviet army. In his own words, and with a remarkable clarity of recall, he describes what combat was like on the ground, face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy.

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ISBN-13: 9781473817524
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/31/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 195
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Mansur Gizatulovich Abdulin worked as a gold miner before the war. After the attack of Nazi Germany on Soviet Union, he entered the army as a volunteer. He fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and battles on the Dniepr River, where he was wounded and later demobilized. He served as a mortar crew and an infantryman and received an Order of the Red Star. After the war, he returned to the mining and lives in Orenburg Oblast.
Artem Drabkin is an author and historian.
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