This is a book about the Soviet Armed Forces which fought heroically to defend the gains of the October Revolution and to save the Soviet people from being enslaved by nazism. They suffered enormous losses but conscientiously fulfilled their duty.
During the war the Soviet Army fought gallantly for the freedom of other peoples. It rendered great assistance to many nations who had been suffering under nazi rule in deciding their destinies, and played the major part in routing nazi Germany and militarist Japan.
The last chapter is devoted to the comradeship-in-arms of the armies of socialist countries and follows the development of their military alliance up to this day.
The authors of this book are:
Major-General I. V. Parolkin, M. Sc. (Milit.), leader of the group, Chapter X
Colonel Y. G. Andronikov, M. Sc. (Hist.), Chapter V
A. V. Antosyak, M. Sc. (Hist.), Chapter III
Colonel M. M. Malakhov, M. Sc. (Hist.), Chapters VII and VIII
Colonel V. P. Morozov, M. Sc. (Milit.), Chapter IX
Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Noskov, M. Sc. (Hist.), Chapter VI
Colonel G. K. Plotnikov, M. Sc. (Hist.), Chapter XI
Colonel M. I. Semiryaga, D. Sc. (Hist.), Sections 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Chapter I and Chapter XII
Colonel F. N. Utenkov, M. Sc. (Milit.), Chapter IV
Colonel A. N. Shimansky, M. Sc. (Hist.), Chapter II
Colonel I. I. Shinkarev, M. Sc. (Hist.), Section 4 of Chapter I
This group has won the Frunze Prize for 1973 for this work.
Translated from the Russian by David. Fidlon
Designed by Victor Korolkov
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A 1975 (second printing 1979) Soviet work. Scanned by Ismail, sent to him by Crickwich.
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CONTENTS
Preface 4
Chapter I. Years of Trials and Victories 15
1. The Soviet Union in the Struggle Against Fascist Aggression 15
2. Hitler Germany’s Treacherous Attack on the Soviet Union and the Change in the Balance of Forces on the World Scene 35
3. The Echo of the Great Victories of the Soviet People 45
4. The Assistance of the Soviet Union in the Formation of Foreign Armed Units and Their Participation in the Battles on the Soviet-German Front 60
5. On the Eve of Fresh Battles 73
Chapter II. Liberation of Poland 82
1. The Polish People Fight On 82
2. Liberation of Poland’s Eastern Regions 87
3. From the Vistula to the Oder 101
4. Poland is Free 115
5. Results of the Struggle for Poland’s Liberation 121
Chapter III. Liberation of Rumania 127
1. On the Eve of Liberation 127
2. Rout of the German Jassy-Kishinev Grouping. End of the Fascist Regime in Rumania 136
3. Rumania is Free 154
4. Results of the Struggle for Rumania’s Liberation 162
Chapter IV. March of Liberation into Bulgaria 166
1. On the Eve of Liberation 166
2. The Liberation of Bulgaria 172
3. Bulgaria Takes a New Road 182
Chapter V. In Yugoslavia 186
1. Soviet Troops Reach Yugoslavia’s Borders 186
2. The Belgrade Operation 192
3. Yugoslavia Is Free 207
4. The Results of the Struggle for the Liberation of Yugoslavia 212
Chapter VI. Finland Withdraws from the War. Liberation of Norway’s Northern Regions 214
1. Finland Withdraws from the War 215
2. Liberation of Norway’s Northern Regions 224
Chapter VII. Liberation of Hungary 240
1. In the Clutches of the Horthy Regime 240
2. Liberation of Eastern Hungary 247
3. Battles for Budapest 257
4. Last Battles in Hungary 269
5. The Finale of the Struggle for Hungary 276
Chapter VIII. Liberation of Austria 279
1. Under Hitler’s Heel 279
2. Liberation of Eastern Austria. Vienna is Free 285
3. Military and Political Results of the Struggle for Austria’s Liberation 289
Chapter IX. Fraternal Assistance to the Peoples of Czechoslovakia 293
1. Czechoslovakia on the Eve of Liberation 293
2. Liberation of Slovakia 305
3. Liberation of Bohemia and the Capital of Czechoslovakia, Prague 317
4. Results of the Soviet Army’s Battles for Czechoslovakia’s Liberation 328
Chapter X. End of the Third Reich. Liberation of the German People from Nazism 333
1. On the Eve of Decisive Battles 333
2. The Rout of the Berlin Group. Nazi Germany Surrenders 340
3. The Democratic Development of the German People 358
Chapter XI. Liberation of Northeast China and Korea 371
1. The Military and Political Situation in the Far East and Southeast Asia in the Summer of 1945 371
2. The USSR Enters the War in the Far East Against Imperialist Japan 385
3. Liberation of Northeast China 389
4. Liberation of Korea 402
5. The Significance of the Victory of the Soviet Armed Forces in the Far East 413
Chapter XII. The Historic Significance of the Liberation Mission of the Soviet Armed Forces 417
1. Socialism—an International System 417
2. A Great Militant Alliance 438
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