Forgotten Bastards Of The Eastern Front Av Serhii Plokhy

Forgotten Bastards Of The Eastern Front Av Serhii Plokhy

'Many books claim to tell an "unknown" story of the Second World War. Few of them actually do. Forgotten Bastards is a rare exception .. . This is gripping history' Duncan Weldon, Prospect A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fictionIn N......
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'Many books claim to tell an unknown story of the Second World War. Few of them actually do. Forgotten Bastards is a rare exception . . . This is gripping history' Duncan Weldon, Prospect <br/> <br/>A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction <br/> <br/>In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin's obvious reservations about the presence of foreign troops in Russia, he was persuaded. Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated in early 1944 as B-17 Superfortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltova region in today's Ukraine. <br/> <br/>Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the gripping, little-known story of this encounter between American and Soviet soldiers and how their collaboration quickly fell apart, mirroring the transition from the Grand Alliance to the Cold War. Soviet secret policemen watched over the Americans, shadowing their every move. A catastrophic air raid by the Germans revealed the limitations of Soviet air defences. As their initial enthusiasm turned into disappointment, the American soldiers started calling themselves the Forgotten Bastards of Ukraine. Ultimately, no common purpose could overcome their cultural and political differences. <br/> <br/>Drawing on newly opened Russian archives as well as CIA records, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front offers a riveting bottom-up history of one of the Second World War's most unlikely alliances. <br/>
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'Many books claim to tell an "unknown" story of the Second World War. Few of them actually do. Forgotten Bastards is a rare exception .. . This is gripping history' Duncan Weldon, Prospect A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fictionIn November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan.The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin's obvious reservations about the presence of foreign troops in Russia, he was persuaded. Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated in early 1944 as B-17 Superfortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltova region in today's Ukraine.Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the gripping, little-known story of this encounter between American and Soviet soldiers and how their collaboration quickly fell apart, mirroring the transition from the Grand Alliance to the Cold War. Soviet secret policemen watched over the Americans, shadowing their every move. A catastrophic air raid by the Germans revealed the limitations of Soviet air defences.As their initial enthusiasm turned into disappointment, the American soldiers started calling themselves the Forgotten Bastards of Ukraine. Ultimately, no common purpose could overcome their cultural and political differences. Drawing on newly opened Russian archives as well as CIA records, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front offers a riveting bottom-up history of one of the Second World War's most unlikely alliances.

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Oppdag historien med Forgotten Bastards Of The Eastern Front Av Serhii Plokhy

Forgotten Bastards Of The Eastern Front tar deg med på en uforglemmelig reise gjennom en av de mest fascinerende og lite kjente delene av andre verdenskrig. Dette mesterverket av historiker Serhii Plokhy utforsker det anspente forholdet mellom amerikanske og sovjetiske soldater, som, til tross for kulturelle og politiske forskjeller, forsøkte å samarbeide under krigens mest kritiske øyeblikk.

En helt ny vinkel på en kjent konflikt

I november 1943, da utfallet av krigen hengte i en tynn tråd, foreslo amerikanerne å åpne en ny luftfront. Med US Air Force som etablerte baser i Ukraina, var dette en dristig og ambisiøs plan. Plokhy trekker fra nylig tilgjengelige russiske arkiver og CIA-dokumenter for å gi oss en gripende fortelling om interaksjonen som raskt krevde sitt offer til kultur og politikk.

  • Rivende historiefortelling: Les om hvordan entusiasmen blant soldatene ble forvandlet til desillusjon.
  • Grundig research: Baserer seg på nyåpnede arkiver og historiske dokumenter.
  • Engasjerende perspektiver: En sjelden mulighet til å forstå en oversett del av krigens historie.

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