Format:
1 Online-Ressource (336 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2020 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9780755621705
Content:
Introduction -- The Organization and Leadership of Partisan Detachments in Ukraine, 1941-1944 -- A Brief Overview of the History of Soviet Partisan Warfare in Ukraine -- The Main Directions of Red Partisan Activities -- The Personnel of Partisan Formations -- Problematic Questions in the History of Soviet Partisan Warfare -- Disciplinary Infractions in Partisan Detachments -- Internal Conflicts within Partisan Structures -- Conclusion: The Characteristics of Stalin's Partisan War.
Content:
"At the height of World War II, a large number of Soviet partisans fought on the Eastern Front against the Axis occupation. In this book, Alexander Gogun looks at the forces operating in Ukraine. The Nazi atrocities were often matched by partisan brutality. The author examines the indiscriminate use of scorched-earth tactics by the partisans, the destruction of their own villages, partisan-generated Nazi reprisals against civilians, and the daily incidents of robbery, drunkenness, rape and bloody internal conflicts that were reported to be widespread amongst the red partisans. Gogun also analyses allegations of the use of bacteriological weapons and even instances of cannibalism. He shows that all these practices were not a product of the culture of warfare nor a spontaneous 'people's response' to the unremitting brutality of Nazi rule but a specific feature of Stalin's total war strategy."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Text in English, translated from Russian
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857738059
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781784531683
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780755621705
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