num_pages: 131
description: Together with the other books of the series provides the hitherto missing human dimension of the War on the Eastern Front. In addition to analyzing Soviet women combatants' contributions to World War II effort, the books offer substantial detail and commentary on the state of the Red Army throughout its development, the essential social context within which it evolved, and the course of its military operations. The series provides new valuable insights on the Red Army and Soviet State in general, and on the human condition in the Soviet Union in particular. The books are intended for both academic and general readers interested in Russia's history and politics, and their impact on the modern world at large.About the AuthorZoya Matveyevna Medvedeva was a Soviet teenager who volunteered for service at the front during World War II. She fought with the famous 25th Chapayev Division which defended the vital Black Sea ports of Odessa and Sevastopol (5 August-16 October 1941 and 30 October 1941-4 July 1942 respectively). She was half-blinded yet still drove herself to rise in the ranks and become a machine gun company commander. In this book, she details the heroics of her comrades without focusing primarily on herself--though we certainly come to understand her integrity and grit.
language: English
title: On the Road to Stalingrad: Memoirs of a Woman Machine Gunner
titlecomplete: On the Road to Stalingrad: Memoirs of a Woman Machine Gunner
genres: History
ratings_count: 24
publisher: New Military Pub