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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 ...

Good points, Pat. Another myth that is dispelled in <u>Thunder in the East</u> is that once removed from command due to failures on the battlefield, the senior Soviet commanders were permanently disgraced and forgotten. Far from the truth. Those men were continuously "recycled", making for some ...

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 ...

Yes, Rick M1917 is correct. I was dictating last night and the basset was doing the typing. His big feet don't add much for accuracy, but he likes to participate. KM

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.