Research Catalog

Title

The Soviet Armed Forces : a history of their organizational development : (a Soviet view) / chief author, S.A. Tyushkevich ; translated by the CIS Multilingual Section, Translation Bureau, Secretary of State Department.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.?] : Published under the auspices of the U.S. Air Force ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., [198-?]

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Details

Additional Authors

Ti︠u︡shkevich, S. A. (Stepan Andreevich)

Description

viii, 507 p., [64] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Soviet military thought ; no. 19

Uniform Title

• Sovetskie Vooruzhennye Sily. English.
• Soviet military thought ; no. 19.

Subject

• Soviet Union. Sovetskaia Armiia
• Soviet Union > Armed Forces > Organization > History

Genre/Form

• Government publications – United States.
• History

Note

• Translation of: Sovetskie vooruzhennye Sily.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Part I: The creation of Armed Forces in the land of the Soviets -- The creation of the Soviet Armed Forces and their initial organizational development on a voluntary basis (October 1917-April 1918) -- The transition to the organizational development of the Armed Forces on the basis of compulsory military service (May 1918-February 1919) -- The culmination of the organizational development of a massive regular Red Army (March 1919-December 1920) -- Part II: The organizational development of the Soviet Armed Forces between the two World Wars -- The transition of the Armed Forces to a peacetime footing (1921-1923) -- The military reform and further strengthening of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1924-1928) -- Modernizing the Armed Forces materiel (1929-1938) -- The Soviet Armed Forces before the Great Patriotic War (January 1939-June 1941 -- Part III: The organizational development of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Great Patriotic War -- Strengthening the Soviet Armed Forces and defeating fascist aggression (June 1941-November 1942) -- Development of the Armed Forces at the turning point in the Great Patriotic War (November 1942-December 1943) -- The organizational development of the Armed Forces during the defeat of fascist Germany and imperialist Japan (January 1944-September 1945) -- Part IV: The organizational development of the Soviet Armed Forces after World War II -- The transition of the Soviet Armed Forces to a peacetime footing and their development during the first postwar years (1945-1953) -- The organizational development of the Armed Forces during the revolution in military affairs (1954-1961) -- Further development and improvement of the Soviet Armed Forces (1962-1977) -- Conclusion -- Dates of important events.

LCCN

^^^85601000^

OCLC

• 12315212
• SCSB-11127091

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library