Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks
Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks
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The first available detailed examination of the Red Army's exploitation of US war matériel during World War II and one of the first genuine memoirs available from the Russian front. Dmitriy Loza also provides firsthand testimony on tactical command decisions, and group objectives and how they were accomplished.
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Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks by Dmitriy Loza
Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Loza has carefully crafted his World War II experiences with U.S.-provided Sherman tanks into a highly readable memoir. Between the fall of 1943 and August 1945, Loza fought in the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. He commanded a tank battalion during much of this period and had three Shermans shot out from under him. Loza’s unit participated in such well-known combat actions as the Korsun-Shevchenkovskiy Operation, the Jassy-Kishenev Operation, and the battles for Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. Following the German surrender, Loza’s unit was sent to Mongolia, where it participated in the arduous trek across the Gobi Desert to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. This is the first available detailed examination of the Red Army’s exploitation of U.S. war matériel during World War II and one of the first genuine memoirs available from the Russian front. Loza also provides firsthand testimony on tactical command decisions, group objectives and how they were accomplished, and Soviet use of combat equipment and intelligence. Only after the collapse of the USSR and concomitant relaxing of prohibitions against publication of materials related to the Lend-Lease Program there could this account be made available.
Dmitriy Loza served as an instructor at the Frunze Academy after the war, retiring in 1967 with the rank of colonel. He resides in Moscow. James F. Gebhardt, now a defense contractor at Fort Leavenworth, is a Vietnam veteran. He is the author of Blood on the Shores: Soviet Naval Commandos in World War II.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780803229204 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803229208 |
| Title | Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks |
| Author | Dmitriy Loza |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1996-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |