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“Soviet Naval Infantry 1917-91”


B O E K B E S P R E K I N G by : Frank NEYTS

Osprey Publishing issued a most interesting book “Soviet Naval Infantry 1917-91”. The book is written by David Greentree and illustrated by Johnny Shumate.Although Russian naval infantry achieved fame during the 1917 October Revolution they were quickly disbanded, only being re-established in 1939. Following the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 some 500,000 Soviet Navy personnel served on land, fighting in the defence of Leningrad, Odessa and Sevastopol and the recapture of the Crimea in 1943-44; Soviet naval troops also participated in the invasion of Manchuria in 1945. As the exigencies of World War II gave way to the global challenges of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed an amphibious assault capability that had a vital strategic role – to capture the geographical exits to the oceans and thereby forestall threats to Soviet submarine bases. Naval infantry forces could deploy a wealth of firepower assets, while the use of amphibious ships, hovercraft and helicopters aided their rapid deployment, even to ice-bound terrain in the Arctic. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and mapping alongside carefully chosen archive photographs, this book charts the history and evolving appearance of the Soviet Union’s naval infantry, from the October Revolution to the end of the Soviet era.


Like all publications of Osprey Publishing, a most interesting book !

“Soviet Naval Infantry 1917-91” (ISBN 978 1 4728 5162 8), a softback, counts 64 pages and costs £14.99 or USD 21.00, Can $28.00, P&P exclusive.

One can buy the book in the better bookshop or direct with the publishers: Via the Osprey website: www.ospreypublishing.com.

 

 

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