Title: On the roads of war : a Soviet cavalryman on the eastern front /
Authors: I︠A︡kushin, Ivan.
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military,
Year: 2005
Subjects: I︠A︡kushin, Ivan.; I͡Akushin, Ivan.; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, Russian.; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Eastern front.; World War, 1939-1945 Soviet Union Cavalry operations.
Abstract: "Ivan Yakushin survived the Siege of Leningrad, fought at the Battle of Kursk and pursued the retreating German army through Russia, Belorussia, Poland, and into Germany itself. This is the story of his war ... He gives ... insight into what combat on the Eastern Front was like for the ordinary soldier ... He also provides a detailed, first-hand record of cavalry operations during a highly mechanized war ... His ... recollections of his experiences as an artillery man, then a cavalry officer on the Eastern Front that are at the heart of this rare memoir"--Dust jacket.
Contents: A lull in the air -- Black soil sweetened by sugar -- Promised land -- Tomsk Artillery Academy -- Fire platoon leader -- Who fired at the Fritz? -- Typhus -- A useless and bloody assault -- Fire mission over -- A souvenir -- Lucky -- This is a battle mission too, by the way -- The visiting artists from Aleksin -- Frontoviks -- Cavalrymen of Kotovski, saddle your horses! -- My first mistake in the cavalry -- Night march -- A piece of paradise -- Encircled by the enemy -- Driver Vedernikov -- Miracle of nature -- Give me a rifle with a twisted barrel -- Private Balatski -- Live ammunition -- In a forest at the front line -- A whole pouch of tobacco -- Silhouette of a soldier -- Avalanche -- Crossing the Berezina -- All quiet in the forest -- Another little gift for you bastards! -- Buried alive -- Victory, excitement, and frenzy -- Private Glushan and the twelve Fritzes -- Are you tired of living? -- Cursing Hitler and all his shoemakers -- Together even death is beautiful -- Christmas stars -- A private duel -- On the roads of war -- The peninsula untouched by war -- My last battle.