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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	März 2024
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	1917–1923 (Russian Revolutionary period) / c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) / c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) / c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period) / c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) / Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) / HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union / HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General / Naval forces & warfare / Naval forces and warfare / Second World War / USSR, Soviet Union
ISBN:	9781472859334
EAN-Code:	9781472859334
Verlag:	Bloomsbury
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 248 mm / B 184 mm / D 3 mm
Gewicht:	160 gr
Seiten:	48
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Inhalt:

A history of the Soviet Navy's cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II. The Soviet Navy of World War II boasted a cruiser fleet that was among the most eclectic to see service. In this book, noted military historian and Soviet specialist Alexander Hill explains the role of cruisers in the Soviet Navy from the dramatic days of the October Revolution of 1917 through to the struggle they fought with Nazi Germany during World War II. Illustrated throughout with rare photos and original artwork, including a cutaway of Aurora, famous for its role in the Bolshevik October Revolution, and with profiles of the key classes, this book outlines the Soviets' development of a cruiser force. Having inherited a number of cruisers from the Imperial Russian Navy, the new Soviet Navy went on to complete two unfinished Tsarist light cruisers during the 1920s. In the late 1930s, the Soviets built their first large warships, the Kirov class, and in 1940 Nazi Germany sold the unfinished heavy cruiser Lützow to the USSR. The final cruiser-sized warship to see action was the former Imperial royal yacht Shtandart, renamed Marti and armed as a minelayer, which was used in the defence of Leningrad. Researched in the main from Russian-language sources, this study explores the cruiser fleet that saw considerable action in World War II, particularly in support of the Red Army.