01367cam a2200301 i 4500 295945496 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 051221s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005050457 9780805074550 $30.00 0805074554 $30.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Merridale, Catherine, 1959- Ivan's war [BOOK] : life and death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 / Catherine Merridale. First edition. New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006. 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Drawing on previously closed military and secret police archives and interviews with veterans, a comprehensive history of the Red Army rank and file follows the soldiers from the shock of the German invasion to their costly triumph in Stalingrad. 20100106. Soviet Union Raboche-Krestʹi͡anskai͡a Krasnai͡a Armii͡a History World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Eastern Front. Soldiers Soviet Union Social conditions 20th century.