THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT A Photographic History
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In June 1941, the USSR established the Soviet Information Bureau to cover international military events and domestic life through newspapers, periodicals, and radio. By 1944, a foreign propaganda section supplied images and reports to over 1,000 newspapers, 500 magazines, and numerous radio stations, embassies, and organisations abroad. While many wartime photographs were edited to glorify the Soviet cause, Hill’s collection presents candid, high-quality images documenting training, combat, and the harsh realities of war. The agency survives today as RIA Novosti, or Sputnik in the West, continuing to shape media narratives.
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Modelers and dioramists will find this an invaluable visual resource, packed with crisp uniform and equipment detail. Drawing on the unmatched RIA-Novosti/Sputnik photo archive, Alexander Hill showcases a stunning selection of Soviet WWII images that capture the Eastern Front in all its brutal intensity. These photographs track the war from the Nazi-Soviet Pact and early Soviet expansions through Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, and the massive Red Army offensives that crushed the Wehrmacht. Front-line fighting, partisan warfare, occupation hardships, industry, Lend-Lease, air and naval combat—every facet of the struggle is vividly portrayed. The result is a powerful, immersive visual history of the people, landscapes, and devastation of the USSR’s fight to defeat Nazi Germany.”
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| Author/Editor | Alexander Hill |
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| Product Code | 32254 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | Hardback 323 pages illustrated throughout |
| ISBN | 9781526786104 |
| Condition | New |
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