Russian and Soviet Cavalry: Russo-Japanese, WWI, Civil War
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Russian and Soviet Cavalry: Russo-Japanese, WWI, Civil War
29.99 €
23.99 €
"What the cavalry could not do, the cavalry will do" - these words of General A. N. Kuropatkin, commander-in-chief of the Russian army in the war with Japan, were said about the battles of 1904-1905. However, in World War I and the Civil War the combat use of cavalry only confirmed the correctness of his assessment. Already the first battles of 1914 showed the superiority of the Russian cavalry over the cavalry of the Germans and Austrians both in the quality of personnel and in combat training, and on the fronts of the Civil War red cavalrymen (primarily from the legendary 1st and 2nd Cavalry Armies) played a key role, seriously influencing its outcome. Cavalry - the elite of the armed forces - acted in breakthroughs, pursued the enemy, performed reconnaissance and security functions, carried out raids, made quick and strong blows on the enemy. Cavalrymen and Cossacks fought equally successfully both on horseback and on foot, used all kinds of weapons and military equipment, actively cooperated with fellow soldiers.
The NEW BOOK by the leading historian of the Russian army of the first quarter of the 20th century, based on archival materials, examines in detail the organization, tactics, armament and combat use of cavalry in the Russo-Japanese, World War I and the Civil War. Special attention is paid to the role of the cavalry in the battles of 1914-1916, which has so far remained outside the interests of historians of the Great War.
The NEW BOOK by the leading historian of the Russian army of the first quarter of the 20th century, based on archival materials, examines in detail the organization, tactics, armament and combat use of cavalry in the Russo-Japanese, World War I and the Civil War. Special attention is paid to the role of the cavalry in the battles of 1914-1916, which has so far remained outside the interests of historians of the Great War.
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