borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoGood books about soviet soldiers and their first hand accounts and life more generally?message-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareGood books about soviet soldiers and their first hand accounts and life more generally?borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareYllych [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoCommanding the Red Army’s Sherman Tanks by Dmitriy Ioza is an autobiographical account by a Soviet tanker that alongside retelling some battle accounts, also goes into some of the logistics/training background and Lend Lease. Also even though it’s not a book, here is an interview with that author done by the Russian government, for memorialising purposes. There are more interviews on there with Soviet soldiers from most branches of the military as well, the website has a nice collection.
Commanding the Red Army’s Sherman Tanks by Dmitriy Ioza is an autobiographical account by a Soviet tanker that alongside retelling some battle accounts, also goes into some of the logistics/training background and Lend Lease.
Also even though it’s not a book, here is an interview with that author done by the Russian government, for memorialising purposes. There are more interviews on there with Soviet soldiers from most branches of the military as well, the website has a nice collection.