Forgotten bastards of the Eastern Front : an untold story of World War II
Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-2019
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In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin's obvious reservations about the presence of foreign troops in Russia, he was persuaded, and in early 1944 and Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated as B-17 Superfortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltova region in today's Ukraine. Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the gripping, little-known story of this encounter between American and Soviet soldiers and how their collaboration quickly fell apart, mirroring the transition from the Grand Alliance to the Cold War.
Main title:
Author:
Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-, author
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2019.
Collation:
xiv, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241404560 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.54217
Language:
English
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BRN:
2866774