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Pages: 468
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-12 - Publisher: Routledge
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Language: en
Pages: 65
Pages: 65
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Established in 1932, the Vozdushno-desantnye voyska ('air-landing forces', or VDV) of the Red Army led the way in airborne doctrine and practice. Though they we
Language: en
Pages: 232
Pages: 232
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984 - Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Contents: The Prewar Experience; Evolution of Airborne Forces During World War II; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, January-February 1942; Operational Employmen
Language: en
Pages: 376
Pages: 376
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Presidio Press
Inside the Blue Berets looks at the origins of the Russian shock troops. It provides an exciting description of the harrowing Russian airborne assaults of World
Language: en
Pages: 652
Pages: 652
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-09 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers
An aviation historian explores Russian airborne assault innovations in the decade before WWII using paratrooper memoirs and archival research. Through the 1930s