
Ivan's War
Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
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A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources.
Of the 30 million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, 8 million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the men and women of the Red Army, a ragtag mass of soldiers who confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. Sixty years have passed since their epic triumph, but the heart and mind of Ivan - as the ordinary Russian soldier was called-remain a mystery. We know something about how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought.
A tour de force of original research and a gripping history, Ivan's War reveals the singular mixture of courage, patriotism, anger, and fear that made it possible for these underfed, badly led troops to defeat the Nazi army. In the process, Merridale restores to history the invisible millions who sacrificed the most to win the war.
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No Man’s Land
- 1918, the Last Year of the Great War
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 25 h y 5 m
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From freezing infantrymen huddled in bloodied trenches on the front lines to intricate political maneuvering and tense strategy sessions in European capitals, noted historian John Toland tells of the unforgettable final year of the First World War. In this audiobook, participants on both sides, from enlisted men to generals and prime ministers to monarchs, vividly recount the battles, sensational events, and behind-the-scenes strategies that shaped the climactic, terrifying year.
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Oddly biased, but worthy account of the period
- De Hellocat en 04-04-18
De: John Toland
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A Frozen Hell
- The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940
- De: William R. Trotter
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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In 1939, tiny Finland waged war - the kind of war that spawns legends - against the mighty Soviet Union, and yet, their epic struggle has been largely ignored. Guerrillas on skis, heroic single-handed attacks on tanks, unfathomable endurance, and the charismatic leadership of one of this century's true military geniuses - these are the elements of both the Finnish victory and a gripping tale of war.
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Causes and consequences of ruso-finish 1939 war
- De William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). en 04-06-18
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Blood Red Snow
- The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
- De: Günter K. Koschorrek
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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Gunter K. Koschorrek was a machine-gunner on the Russian front in WWII. He wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing, and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some 40 years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow.
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One of the best personal accounts coming out of WW2
- De Sonia Lopez en 12-09-19
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Retreat from Moscow
- A New History of Germany’s Winter Campaign, 1941-1942
- De: David Stahel
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
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Germany's winter campaign of 1941-1942 has commonly been seen as its "first defeat". In Retreat from Moscow, David Stahel argues that, in fact, it was its first strategic success in the east. Though the Red Army managed to push the Wehrmacht back from Moscow, the Germans lost far fewer men (one to six), frustrated their enemy's strategic plan, and emerged in the spring unbroken and poised to recapture the initiative.
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Nothing new on the Eastern front basically!
- De philippe jacob en 03-28-20
De: David Stahel
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Russia at War, 1941–1945
- A History
- De: Alexander Werth, Nicolas Werth - foreword
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 38 h y 27 m
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In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first printed in 1964. At once a history of facts, a collection of interviews, and a document of the human condition, Russia at War is a stunning, modern classic that chronicles the savagery and struggles on Russian soil during the most incredible military conflict in modern history.
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Simply Astonishing
- De Nicholas Robinson en 02-28-22
De: Alexander Werth, y otros
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The Best Friend Problem
- Mile High Happiness Series, Book 1
- De: Mariah Ankenman
- Narrado por: Charlotte North
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
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Prudence Carlson has been lucky in life. A fulfilling wedding-planning business run with her girlfriends in Colorado, plus the best guy friend ever in her firefighter bestie Finn. All that's missing from it is a baby. Luckily, it's the 21st century - Pru can take matters into her own hands. She doesn't need to find true love to create the future love of her life.
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When you cross the friendship line at its finest!
- De Nicole Moore en 11-25-23
De: Mariah Ankenman
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Forged in Hell
- The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold
- De: Damien Lewis
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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July 1943: The largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for fortress Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. At its vanguard went a few hundred elite forces soldiers. The Royal Navy warship carrying them-a former passenger ferry transformed for battle-bore the iconic winged dagger emblem carved on its prow, plus the motto 'Who Dares Wins,' painstakingly fashioned with the most rudimentary tools by Sergeant William 'Bill' Deakins, the foremost explosives expert on board and a Royal Engineer by trade.
De: Damien Lewis
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Death at La Fenice
- Commissario Brunetti Mysteries, Book 1
- De: Donna Leon
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Guido Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Along the way, he finds the crime may have roots going back decades—and that revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine may play a role.
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Hercule Poirot in Venice...!!!
- De Emil Grancagnolo en 10-09-22
De: Donna Leon
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Stalin, Volume I
- Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
- De: Stephen Kotkin
- Narrado por: Paul Hecht
- Duración: 38 h y 47 m
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Volume One of Stalin begins and ends in January 1928 as Stalin boards a train bound for Siberia, about to embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He is now the ruler of the largest country in the world, but a poor and backward one, far behind the great capitalist countries in industrial and military power, encircled on all sides. In Siberia, Stalin conceives of the largest program of social reengineering ever attempted.
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Excellent Book But First Time Listener Beware
- De Nostromo en 03-23-15
De: Stephen Kotkin
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Tourist Season
- De: Carl Hiaasen
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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Tourist season is swinging into high gear in Miami. So are the activities of a bizarre terrorist group determined to keep the hapless "snowbirds" away. Armed with bombs, weed, and jumbled credos, they move toward their grand target, the Orange Bowl Parade, with plans to bring Miami and its tourist trade to a halt.
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CAUTION: BELLY ACHING LAUGHTER IMMINENT!
- De Tracy P. en 02-08-17
De: Carl Hiaasen
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Lust Killer
- De: Ann Rule, Andy Stack
- Narrado por: Callie Beaulieu
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a relentless search for a killer. With little evidence available, and the public screaming for answers, he must find a remorseless, brutal killer whose identity will shock them all....
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Great book on Brudos!
- De Ms.Bliss en 01-06-18
De: Ann Rule, y otros
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Stalin's War
- A New History of World War II
- De: Sean McMeekin
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 24 h y 56 m
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World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin’s War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east.
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Sean McMeekin Does It Again!
- De Stephen F (SPFJR) en 04-21-21
De: Sean McMeekin
I’m a Russophile - from the Romanovs to WW2. Books like Ivan’s War make me admire them even more.
Fascinating perspective on WW2
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Remarkable Overview of Soviet War Experience
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A story we have not heard.
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What this book provided was a much higher view of the Soviet side of the Eastern Front. Instead of the daily life of the soldier and how he fought against the German forces I found details of the clothing they wore, how their uniform changed as rank became more important, how the Army evacuated civilians during the first part of the war and how they helped harvest crops in the second part of the war, how the civilians lived, how the Soviet soldier changed during the war and how difficult reunions were after the war, corruption, demobilization and other high view topics. That is not to say that the book is uninteresting. It is, in fact, very interesting and I learned quite a bit, but not what I thought I would learn from buying the book.
One thing that did surprise me is that the book spends considerable time explaining why some of the terrible things that happened during the war occurred. Stalin's order "Not One Step Back" (Order 277) that ended up insuring the captivity of more than a million Soviet soldiers rather than their retreat to safer locations is justified due to the existing conditions of the fighting. The author explains the causes of the looting and the epidemic of rape that occurred when the Soviet soldiers reached Germany, and almost seems to understand it. It is not that the author thinks well of the old Soviet reign of terror as the book is clear that the Soviet government was a brutal dictatorship resulting in the unjust conviction, imprisonment and/or death of many innocent soldiers and civilians and gives many examples of normal soldiers, sometimes heroes, who ended up being unable to prove that they were innocent and ended up either dead or in the Gulag. It is a frightening picture of what life was like in Stalin's USSR.
Mr Perkins' narration is first class and adds to the content of the book immeasurably.
Bird's eye view of the Eastern Front in WW2.
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A welcome addition
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Fantastic and fascinating.
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Respect
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Deeply insightful, revealing, and utterly human
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I knew quite a bit about the USSR's role in WW2 but at the Stalin, Molotov and Zhukov level. After listening to this book it helped me to understand why it was that the Soviet Union was able to beat the Nazi's. It also adds to my belief that as much as I might wish it not so the USSR won the European war. Could the US and it's allies have beaten Germany with out the Soviets? Absolutely, but it would have cost the Allies an additional 1 million deaths or more. The Red army saved all those American lives. Something we forget. Really amazing considering the conditions and poor leadership the individual Red soldier had to endure, especially at the start.
Unknown truth with details
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Great audiobook
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