5 volume set : "USSR and WW2"

[Christophe]

I bought a few weeks ago this 5 volume set : "L'URSS dans la Seconde Guerre Mondiale" (USSR during WW2).

It can be compared to the 6 volume set History of Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 1941-1945, described in this thread : http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=1948
But it seems - at least - to be a different work and edition (maps are all designed in the same style, different of the one posted, etc...).

5 huge volumes - 350-600 pages each.

Published in Italy and then in France in 1966-1968.

The officials authors : 7 Soviet Union Marshals : N.Bagramian, S.Biriouzov, I.Koniev, R.Malinovski, C.Rokossovski, V.Sokolovski and M.Zakharov.

Other authors (sorry for some of the names written in the French style) : 15 military experts (Marshals, Admirals and Generals) : A.Vassilievski, K.Meretchkov, G.Zhoukov, I.Fejouninski, V.Tchioukov, A.Eremenko, K.Teleguine, A.Golovko, N.Voronov, B.Vannikov, K.Krajnioukov, S.Krassovski, P.Rotmistrov, A.Khroulev, N.Popel, and 21 witnesses.

The 5 volumes are the following :

* Vol 1 : 1941 : Blitzkrieg to the East.
* Vol 2 : 1942 : From retreat to Stalingrad.
* Vol 3 : 1943 : The Red Army counter-attacks
* Vol 4 : 1944 : The Soviet offensive, from Polar Circle to Danube
* Vol 5 : 1945 : From Vistula to Berlin.

Includes thousand of pictures from Novosti and other agencies.

Ch.