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Red sniper on the Eastern Front : the memoirs of Joseph Pilyushin /
Joseph Pilyushin, a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front, was an exceptional soldier and he has a remarkable story to tell. His first-hand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle and into the desperate fi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Ruso |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Joseph Pilyushin, a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front, was an exceptional soldier and he has a remarkable story to tell. His first-hand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle and into the desperate fight put up by Soviet forces to defend Leningrad. He also records how, during the three-year siege, close members of this family died, including his wife and two sons, as well as many of his comrades in arms. He describes these often-terrible events with such honesty and clarity that his memoir is re. |
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| Notas: | "Abridged version of Red Army sniper Yosif [Joseph] Yosifovich Pilyushin's memoir, first published in 1958 under the title U sten Leningrada [At the walls of Leningrad]. It has recently been republished for the fourth time under the title Snayper Velikoi Otechestvennoi [Sniper of the Great Patriotic]"--Page vii Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations, portraits |
| ISBN: | 9781848846982 1848846983 9781783370146 1783370149 |