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...
| Основен автор: | Piliı̐uı̐Łshin, Iosif Iosifovich. |
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| Други автори: | Anisimov, Sergei |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English Russian |
| Публикувано: |
Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=462838 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Red sniper on the Eastern Front. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"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. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource : illustrations, portraits |
| ISBN: |
9781848846982 1848846983 |