ISBN: 9781156225837

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Viktor Suvorov (Russian: ) is the pen name for Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (Russian: , Ukrainian: ) (born April 20, 1947 in Primorsky Krai), a former Soviet and now British writer of Russian and Ukrainian descent who writes primarily in Russian, as well as a former Soviet spy who defected to Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Viktor Suvorov (Russian: ) is the pen name for Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (Russian: , Ukrainian: ) (born April 20, 1947 in Primorsky Krai), a former Soviet and now British writer of Russian and Ukrainian descent who writes primarily in Russian, as well as a former Soviet spy who defected to the UK. Suvorov made his name writing books about Soviet history, the Soviet Army, GRU, and Spetsnaz. His testimony about the capabilities of the Soviet Special Forces created concern in the West. It contributed to the formation of the Norwegian HV-016, an elite unit equipped to neutralize such a threat if ever deployed on Norwegian soil. Suvorov's most controversial assertion was that Stalin originally planned to use Nazi Germany as a proxy (the Icebreaker) against the West. For this reason Stalin provided significant material and political support to Adolf Hitler, while at the same time preparing the Red Army to liberate the whole of Europe from Nazi occupation. Suvorov argued that Hitler lost World War II the moment he attacked Poland: not only was he going to war with the Allies, but it was only a matter of time before the Soviet Union would seize the opportune moment to attack him from the rear. This left Hitler with no choice but to direct a preemptive strike at the Soviet Union, while Stalin's forces were redeploying from a defensive to an offensive posture, providing Hitler with an important initial tactical advantage. But this was strategically hopeless since the Germans now had to fight on two fronts, a mistake Hitler himself had identified as Germany's undoing in the previous war. In the end, Stalin was able to achieve some of his objectives by establishing Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, China, and North Korea. According to Suvorov, this m. More: Books, , Russian-Espionage-Historians~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

2010, ISBN: 1156225833

Kvalitets paperback, [PD: 01/05/2010], [PU: Books LLC], Seiten: 38

2010, ISBN: 1156225833

Kvalitets paperback, [PD: 01/05/2010], [PU: Books LLC], Seiten: 38

2010, ISBN: 1156225833

Kvalitets paperback, [PD: 01/05/2010], [PU: Books LLC], Seiten: 38