The Hundred Day Winter War - Finland's Gallant Stand Against the Soviet Army

The most comprehensive single-volume history of the Winter War--the stunning defeat by the tiny Finnish army of the mighty Soviet Red Army in a gallant 105-day stand that captured the world's imagination during World War II.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Gordon F. Sander is a journalist, historian, and Nordic expert. His books include The Frank Family That Survived and the recently published Off the Map: A Personal History of Finland.

Zusammenfassung

The most comprehensive single-volume history of the Winter War--the stunning defeat by the tiny Finnish army of the mighty Soviet Red Army in a gallant 105-day stand that captured the world's imagination during World War II.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gordon F. Sander
• Verlag: University Press Of Kansas
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.06.2013
• EAN: 9780700619108
• ISBN: 978-0-7006-1910-8
• Seiten: 400
• Abmessung: 163 mm x 235 mm x 34 mm
• Gewicht: 802 g
• Illustration: 45 photographs, 6 maps
• Serien: Modern War Studies; Modern War Studies (Hardcover); Modern War Studies; Modern War Studies (Hardcover)
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ratgeber > Sport > Allgemeines, Lexika, Handbücher, Jahrbücher, Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Europäische Geschichte, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), Geschichte des Sports, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Sports & Recreation, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union