Tank and mechanized forces spearhead Red Army operations from the gates of Stalingrad to the center of Berlin. This book profiles Six Soviet commanders who rose to lead six tank armies created by the Red Army on the eastern front during WW II. Each tank commanders' combat career is examined, as is the rise of Red Army forces, and reveals these lesser known leaders and their operations to western military history readers.

Colonel Richard N. Armstrong
476 pp., 15 b&w photos, maps. Hardback