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World War II Myth The Realities by Oleg Rheshevsky

The history of World War II continues, to fascinate scholars and writers, political leaders and statesmen, military specialists and laymen the world over. As before, it stirs people’s hearts and minds. That lasting impact is due to the organic link between present day developments and the realities of the past. This book gives the Soviet view of the causes, principal events and results of the war. The polemic against Western historians aims at a correct understanding of the lessons of the war and of the vital importance of the people’s endeavours in behalf of detente and international security for preventing another world holocaust that might spell the end of civilisation.

Translated from the Russian by Sergei Chulaki

Designed by Igor Saiko

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Contents

Introduction 5

Chapter One

Could the Second World War Have Been Prevented? 11

The Causes of the War 11

Two Worlds Two Policies 29

A Stream of Lies and the Truth of History 57

The Policy of Appeasement Bears Its Fruit 79

Chapter Two

Aggression and Disaster 103

Moscow Stalingrad Kursk 104

The Liberation Mission of the Soviet Armed Forces 137

On the Soviet Contribution to the Victory over Japan 150

Why Is the Bourgeois Concept of “Decisive Battles” Unfounded? 157

Chapter Three

The Sources of Victory over the Aggressors 170

The Economic Factor 172

The Political Factor 193

The Art of War 209

The Vanguard of the People and the Army 221

Chapter Four

The Second World War and Our Time 227

The New Balance of Forces and the Myth of the Soviet Threat 228

Historians vs. History 245

Conclusion 269

Name Index 273

The Year Of Victory by I. Konev

The author Marshal of the Soviet Union I. Konev, was army and Front commander. The book covers the short concluding phase of the war against Nazi Germany, a period exceptionally rich in events. At the time, I. Konev commanded the 1st Ukrainian Front of the Soviet Army. He tells a vivid and fascinating story of the great Soviet offensive, analyses the military and strategic situation at the time, makes apt and revealing comments on many renowned military leaders, and shows the stamina of the Russian soldier and the magnitude of his feat in the past war.

Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev occupies an eminent place among the distinguished military leaders of the past world war. Troops under his command defeated the Nazis in battles fought at Smolensk, near Moscow and at Kursk and in the Korsun-Shevchenkovskaya, Vistula- Oder and Berlin operations, and liberated Prague, the Czechoslovak capital.

In reply to the questions of Western journalists as to whether he was a career officer in the old Russian Army and how big his family estate was, Konev said:
“I’m afraid I will disappoint you, gentlemen. I’m the son of a poor peasant and belong to that generation of Russian people who met the October Revolution in their youth and identified themselves with it. My military training is Soviet, and therefore good. The successes of the Fronts, which I have been fortunate enough to command, are inseparable from the general successes of the Red Army. We, Soviet workers in soldiers greatcoats, are in all our thoughts bound to our people; we live their lives and fight for our common ideas. This is the source of our strength. For his distinguished service. Marshal Konev was awarded the Order of Victory, the highest Soviet military order.”

Translated from the Russian by David Mishne
Edited by Robert Daglish
Designed by Victor Korolkov

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Contents

FROM THK VISTULA TO THE ODER 5
FROM THE ODER TO THE NEISSE 50
THE SO-CALLED LULL 67
THE BERLIN OPERATION 79
THE PRAGUE OPERATION 193
INSTEAD OF A CONCLUSION 239

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