Название: Russia Invaded: From Genghis Khan to Hitler
Автор: Mario. Francini
Издательство: Lion Books
Год: 1966
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 182
Размер: 53,4 Mb
Язык: English
Genghis Khan, Charles XII, Napoleon, Hitler: from one century to another these names represent only a few of the attempts made by very powerful enemy nations to invade Russia and to subjugate its people permanently. Russia, situated between Europe and Asia, is an immense expanse of open territory which has always attracted the cupidity of would-be onquerors from both continents. Yet, no matter how disunited they were, or how unprepared at the moment of attack, the Russians - considered "easy" prey in the end always successfully hurled back the invaders and liberated their land. Tn the process they also wrote some of the most splendid pages in the history of mankind . .