The advance of tank spearheads was deep and rapid. The retreat of battle-capable enemy forces into the wide expanses of the Russian territory must be prevented…») was mostly accomplished. Three weeks thereafter, German generals could state that a first task set in the plan “Barbarossa” (« Major Russian land forces deployed in the Western Russia must be destroyed in bold operations by way of deep rapid advance of tank spearheads. I am warmly and sincerely grateful to each of them and consider it my pleasant duty to mention special contribution by Peter Chernyshov (Ukraine), Igor Gumenny (Ukraine), Michail Gorfunkel (Great Britain), Sergey Gorshenev (Russia), Ilya Dombrovsky (Netherlands), Alexy Zharov (Russia), Dmitry Kirikov (Germany), Richard Lechmann (Ukraine), Sergey Petrov (Russia), Vasily Risto (Germany), Alexander Fisher (USA). I was able to solve this problem only due to versatile help from dozens of people, even those whose names are mostly unknown to me.
#Soviet tank force in june 1941 archive#
Whereas the search, collection and translating a huge massif of archive documents required significant efforts and expenses. This book, as all previous ones, was written without a contract, financing, direct or indirect support from any state, academic or socio-political structures.
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