This remarkably ambitious book tells the story of the great social andpolitical catastrophe that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945. In aperiod of almost continuous upheaval society was transforme...
During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army created a series of fortified areas, or ukreplinnyje rajony (UR), which were to be used not only for defence but were also to act as staging points for offen...