Penalty Strike: The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander, 1943-45 (Stackpole Military History Series) by Pyl'cyn, Alexander V - 2009-04-27

Stackpole Books, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Stackpole Books, 2009-04-27. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Very good stiff glossy paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked. No reader's crease. 200pp. Full numberline. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Stackpole Books , pp. 224 . Papeback. New.

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2009. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. Patterson, Tracy - Cover Design. 200 Pages. Made up of soldiers who conducted "unauthorized retreats," former POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners, the Red Army's penal units carried out some of the most terrifying assignments on the Eastern Front, such as storming German machine-gun nests. Alexander Pyl'cyn led his penal company in the Soviets' massive offensive in the summer of 1944, the Vistula-Oder operation into eastern Germany, and the bitter assault on Berlin in 1945. He survived the war, but 80 percent of his men did not. Alexander Pyl'cyn, drafted into the Red Army at eighteen in 1941 and wounded three times, earned the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Great Patriotic War, and the Order of the Red Star for his actions during World War II.

Stackpole Books, 2009-04-28. Paperback. Like New. 8x6x0.

Stackpole Books, 2009. Paperback. New. 224 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

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Paperback / softback. New. Made up of soldiers who conducted "unauthorized retreats," former POWs deemed untrustworthy, and Gulag prisoners, the Red Army's penal units carried out some of the most terrifying assignments on the Eastern Front, such as storming German machine-gun nests. Alexander Pyl'cyn led his penal company in the Soviets' massive offensive in the summer of 1944, the Vistula-Oder operation into eastern Germany, and the bitter assault on Berlin in 1945. He survived the war, but 80 percent of his men did not.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Stackpole Books, 2009-04-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!