446 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "This is a book about the Soviet Armed Forces which fought heroically to defend the gains of the October Revolution and to save the Soviet people from being enslaved by nazism. They suffered enormous losses but conscientiously fulfilled their duty. During the war the Soviet Army fought gallantly for the freedom of other peoples. It rendered great assistance to many nations who had been suffering under nazi rule in deciding their destinies, and played the major part in routing nazi Germany and militarist Japan. The last chapter is devoted to the comradeship-in-arms of the armies of socialist countires and follows the development of their military alliance up to this da y. " Minor area of pencil erasure soiling on free front endpaper, excess cloth at bottom edge of front board - from manufacturing process, light wrinkle at top of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, light soiling light browning - moderate on spine, a few tiny chips and tears, light edge wrinkling. VG-/G+

Soviet  Armed  Forces,  Poland,  German  Army,  Rumania,  Jassy-Kishinev,  Eastern  Front,  Bulgaria,  Yugoslavia,  Finland,  Norway,  Hungary,  Horthy,  Budapest,  Austria,  Czechoslovakia,  Prague,  Bohemia,  Berlin,  China,  Korea,  Socialism,  USSR,  Japan.