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Ivan’s War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939–1945

Catherine Merridale

What were life and death in the Red Army really like, and how do war stories compare with reality?

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Author
Catherine Merridale

Why read it

  • You will see how the Red Army's first real test, the invasion of Finland, ended in disaster
  • You will understand how Stalin's regime treated soldiers' lives as cheap beside the interests of the state, in war as in peace
  • You will weigh the way people picture war before it comes against how it turns out

Who it is for

  • Reader of Eastern Front history who wants soldiers' voices
  • Student asking how ordinary Soviets endured the war
  • Anyone curious how memory and myth shape war stories

Contents

  1. MAP: THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT
  2. Introduction: True War Stories
  3. 1 Marching with Revolutionary Step
  4. 2 A Fire Through All the World
  5. 3 Disaster Beats Its Wings
  6. 4 Black Ways of War
  7. 5 Stone by Stone
  8. 6 A Land Laid Waste
  9. 7 May Brotherhood Be Blessed
  10. 8 Exulting, Grieving and Sweating Blood
  11. 9 Despoil the Corpse
  12. 10 Sheathe the Old Sword
  13. 11 And We Remember All
  14. Chronology of Main Events
  15. Note on Sources

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