Twelve Months That Changed The World
β Scribed by Larry Lesueur
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 1943
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 352
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
"These were the flaming months in which Russia broke the back of the German Army, beginning with the successful defense of Moscow and ending with the successful defense of Stalingrad. Lesueur was in Russia then, and he tells us how the Russians lived, fought, worked, and thought during that period."
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