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- Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:54 pm
- Forum: Reviews & Commentary
- Topic: Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army
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Pat, your take on Merridale's work is interesting, thank you. Given that I had not read it, and had hopes it would fill in the blank of the private Russian soldier, I'm disappointed to learn this may not be the one. The points you cite where you feel she fell short of the mark are areas she could ha...
- Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:23 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Red Army cavalry
- Replies: 68
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- Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:40 am
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: Red Army cavalry
- Replies: 68
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WWII Russian Cavalry
I remembered that there has been some exchange regarding WWII Russian use of cavalry and thought you might enjoy this passage from <u>Thunder in the East, The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945</u> by Evan Mawdsley. The context of this passage is post-Stalingrad, March-September of 1943. "Soviet mobile ...
- Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:02 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: M1912 Mounted Canteens
- Replies: 9
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- Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:37 pm
- Forum: Archive
- Topic: M1912 Mounted Canteens
- Replies: 9
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M1912 Mounted Canteens
Thought that I'd pass this along. Last weekend I handled a M1912 Mounted Canteen that had an ink stamp on the bottom of the canvas cover "US", "J.Q.M.D." and the date "1934". Interesting to find one dated that late.