Stalin's Armour, 1941–1945

Stalin's Armour, 1941–1945 Soviet Tanks at War Author:Anthony Tucker-Jones Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9.25" Pages:256 Photos:70 black and white illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781526777935 Item No. 9781526777935 Stalin’s purge of army officers in the late 1930s and disputes about tank tactics meant that Soviet armored forces were in disarray when Hitler invaded in 1941. As a result, during Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht’s 3,200 panzers ran circles round the Red Army’s tank force of almost 20,000 – thousands of Soviet tanks were disabled or destroyed.Yet within two years of this disaster the Red Army’s tank arm had regained its confidence and numbers and was in a position to help turn the tide and liberate the Soviet Union. This is the remarkable story Anthony Tucker-Jones relates in this concise, highly illustrated history of the part played by Soviet armor in the war on the Eastern