To the 100th anniversary of the First World War. In Europe, this date is celebrated as one of the main events of the 20th century. In Russia, it is virtually devoted to oblivion.
When the war began, we called it the “second domestic.” After the end, they were glorified as “unfair”, “aggressive”, “imperialist massacre”. Her story was sunk and cursed by Soviet propaganda, her heroes and exploits were crossed out of folk memory. Of all the events of the grandiose four-year confrontation in the mass consciousness, only the death of the Samson army remained in August 1914 and the Brusilov breakthrough.
An objective study of the history of the First World War, the unbiased understanding of its lessons and combat experience was possible only in a professional environment, in a closed press intended for military specialists. This book is the collective work of the leading Soviet “military men” of the 1920s, in which the former headquarters and generals of the tsarist army investigated the course and results of the recent war, analyzing their own mistakes and preparing for future SR …
Author
Svechin Alexander Andreevich, Verkhovsky Alexander Ivanovich, Smyslovsky E.K.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Series
All wars of Russia
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