Soviet Tank Units 1939-45

Soviet Tank Units 1939-45 Book Description

The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Soviet Tank Units, 1939-45 offers an highly illustrated guide to the main armored fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II. This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level, providing an organizational context for key campaigns throughout the war. Organized chronologically, the book offers a comprehensive survey of Soviet-employed armored fighting vehicles by campaign, including the German invasion of 1941, the defense of Moscow, the Stalingrad counteroffensive, the battles of Kharkov and Kursk, Operation "Bagration," and the final defeat of Axis forces in Berlin, Vienna, and Budapest in May 1945.