| Fighting for the Soviet Motherland: Recollections from the Eastern Front: Hero of the Soviet Union Contributor(s): Loza, Dmitriy (Author), Gebhardt, James F. (Editor), Gebhardt, James F. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0803229291 ISBN-13: 9780803229297 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1998 Annotation: The collapse of the Soviet Union has opened the history of the Red Army to the West, providing a more complex picture of World War II than was previously available. Details of the struggle between the Soviet forces and the Axis powers can now be seen through the efforts of veterans such as Colonel Dmitriy Loza. Loza draws on his own experiences and those of acquaintances to illustrate particular problems, combat situations, and the functioning of the Soviet army in its struggle with the German and Japanese armies. Dmitriy Loza is a Hero of the Soviet Union, the USSR's highest designation for bravery, and he was decorated for his role in the capture of Vienna. He served in a brigade that fought in the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Manchuria. He now resides in Moscow. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98011253 |
| Lexile Measure: 1160 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.77" W x 8.73" (1.21 lbs) 271 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The collapse of the Soviet Union has opened the history of the Red Army to the West, providing a more complex picture of World War II than was previously available. Details of the struggle between the Soviet forces and the Axis powers can now be seen through the efforts of veterans such as Colonel Dmitriy Loza. Loza draws on his own experiences and those of acquaintances to illustrate particular problems, combat situations, and the functioning of the Soviet Army in its struggle with the German and Japanese armies. Dmitriy Loza is a Hero of the Soviet Union, the USSR's highest designation for bravery, and he was decorated for his role in the capture of Vienna. He served in a brigade that fought in the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Manchuria. He now resides in Moscow. James F. Gebhardt is a defense contractor at Fort Leavenworth. He is the translator of Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks: The World War II Memoirs of Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Loza (Nebraska 1996). |