Soviet women on the frontline in the Second World War /

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Author / Creator:Markwick, Roger D.
Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description:xxiii, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8855019
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Other authors / contributors:Cardona, Euridice Charon, 1965-
ISBN:9780230579521 (hardback)
0230579523 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War,' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is the first comprehensive study of the hitherto largely hidden history of the crucial role women played in the defeat of fascism on the Eastern Front"--