Red Army Tank Commander: At War in a T-34 on the Eastern Front

A vivid firsthand account of armored warfare by a WWII Soviet tank commander.

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 fascinatin...