Hitler's Nemesis: The Red Army, 1930-1945 / Edition 1

by Walter S. Dunn Jr.

Overview

This book traces the development of the Russian Army in reaction to the rise of Hitler. Caught by surprise in 1941, the Red Army had achieved superiority over the Germans by 1943, and had no real need for Western military assistance. The Russians, as this book establishes, won because they had better organization and equipment—i.e., a better and more effective army. By delaying the second front, the Allies gave Stalin the opportunity to enslave Eastern Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275948948
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1994
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

Walter S. Dunn, Jr., received an honors degree in history from Durham University, a MA from Wayne State University and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He directed various museums from 1956 until he retired in 1989, including the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society. Dunn taught at the University of Wisconsin, the State University of New York College at Buffalo, and Drake University. He has published in the area of 18th-century fur trade, museum administration, and military history.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Soviet Military Doctrine
Creating the Red Army, 1918-1941
Wartime Mobilization
Manpower
The Evolution of the Rifle Division
The Replacement System
Formation of the Tank Force
Organization of the Tank Force
Refining the Tank Formations
Tank and Crew Replacements and Training
Artillery Doctrine and Organization
Artillery Weapons and Munitions
The Tank Destroyers
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

The paucity of serious scholarship in this area has ensured that this titanic conflict has been understood almost completely as a war of German quality versus Soviet quantity. Dunn's book is an important corrective to this persistent interpretation. Dunn provides an organizational history of the Red Army during its great patriotic war. Important for specialists and graduate students.” —Choice

“This book is an outstanding basic reference on the formation, organization, structure, and equipment of the Red Army before and during the Second World War. It is clearly and smoothly written, well-organized, and a pleasure to read. A must-read, and should be standard reference work for anyone interested in the history of the Soviet military.” —The Military & Naval History Forum

“Hitler's Nemesis is a book that military historians of this titanic struggle will want to read and own. Walter S. Dunn has provided Soviet and German military historians with a well written and well-researched book that will serve as a main reference source on the Red Army of World War II for quite some time to come.” —The Jourbanal of Slavic Military Studies

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