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Carregando... White Death: Russia's War on Finland 1939-40de Robert Edwards
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A book describing the remarkable story of how rural Finland, one of the least populated nations in the world, & totally outnumbered by its invading neighbour stood up to the military might of the USSR November 1939 - March 40 (the freezing Arctic Winter of the title), & for several months not only held the Red Army at bay, but actually inflicted brutally high casualties on the Communist hordes & in places forced it into humiliating retreat. Inevitably the vast numerical superiority of the Russians & the limited reserves of men & weapons possessed by the Finns (while the West spouted support, but imposed an arms embargo) eventually forced Finland's Govnt to the negotiating table & an extremely harsh Peace Treaty. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Robert Edwards describes one of the most doomed but valiant defences since Thermopylae. He also shows what effects the conflict had on the world in general, and on Germany in particular, as it watched Soviet embarrassment from the sidelines. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)948.97032History and Geography Europe Fenno-Scandinavia Denmark and Finland FinlandClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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All the more impressive is the fact that it's author's first proper book written in a scholarly fashion, with lots of relevant footnotes and references. Something you wouldn't expect from someone, who previously wrote on...British racing of all things! (Stirling Moss, Aston Martin).