Tank Rider

Into the Reich with the Red Army

Nonfiction, History, Germany, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Military, World War II
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Author: Evgeni Bessonov ISBN: 9781510712430
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Publication: January 31, 2017
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Language: English
Author: Evgeni Bessonov
ISBN: 9781510712430
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: January 31, 2017
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English

A firsthand account of conflict on the Eastern Front of World War II told from the perspective of a Russian soldier.

Honest and irrepressibly frank, this is the dramatic memoir of a Russian officer on the Eastern Front, where he played his part in a clash of titans and witnessed the shuddering collapse of the Third Reich.

The cataclysmic Battle of Kursk in 1943 that put an end to Hitler’s hopes of victory on the Eastern Front was Evgeni Bessonov’s first battle. From then on, the Germans were forced into a long, bitter retreat that ended in the ruins of Berlin in 1945. An officer in an elite guards unit of the Red Army, Bessonov rode tanks from Kursk, through a western Russia and Poland devastated by the Germans, right into the heart of Nazi Germany.

In Tank Rider, Bessonov tells of his years of service at the vanguard of the Red Army and of daily encounters with the German foe. He brings large-scale battles to life, recounts the sniping and skirmishing that tried and tested soldiers on both sides, and narrates the overwhelming tragedy and horror of apocalyptic warfare on the Eastern Front.

So much of the Soviet experience of World War II remains untold, but this memoir provides an important glimpse into some of the most decisive moments of this overlooked history.

“An honest account of soldiers at war and a unique glimpse into the makeup of the Russian soldier.” —Library Journal

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A firsthand account of conflict on the Eastern Front of World War II told from the perspective of a Russian soldier.

Honest and irrepressibly frank, this is the dramatic memoir of a Russian officer on the Eastern Front, where he played his part in a clash of titans and witnessed the shuddering collapse of the Third Reich.

The cataclysmic Battle of Kursk in 1943 that put an end to Hitler’s hopes of victory on the Eastern Front was Evgeni Bessonov’s first battle. From then on, the Germans were forced into a long, bitter retreat that ended in the ruins of Berlin in 1945. An officer in an elite guards unit of the Red Army, Bessonov rode tanks from Kursk, through a western Russia and Poland devastated by the Germans, right into the heart of Nazi Germany.

In Tank Rider, Bessonov tells of his years of service at the vanguard of the Red Army and of daily encounters with the German foe. He brings large-scale battles to life, recounts the sniping and skirmishing that tried and tested soldiers on both sides, and narrates the overwhelming tragedy and horror of apocalyptic warfare on the Eastern Front.

So much of the Soviet experience of World War II remains untold, but this memoir provides an important glimpse into some of the most decisive moments of this overlooked history.

“An honest account of soldiers at war and a unique glimpse into the makeup of the Russian soldier.” —Library Journal

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