John Erickson
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John Erickson assesses the massive Soviet assault into Germany in the final year of the war and the price of liberation.
Published March 30 2005
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How did Hitler's armies try and persuade the occupied populations of the Soviet Union to live with their new regime? British military historian John Erickson comments on wartime posters unearthed from the Russian archives. Published August 31 1994
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John Erickson reviews three new books on 20th-century Russian history
Published January 1 1993
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In its desperate battle to fight off the advancing Germans, the Soviet Union called on its women to play as active and probably more wide-ranging a role as its men. John Erickson records the military and civilian efforts during the Great Patriotic War. Published June 30 1990
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John Erickson reviews new titles on the Soviet dictator
Published March 31 1990
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John Erickson reviews
Published December 1 1986
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The Allied victory forty years on. May 7th, 1945, was VE Day in Europe: in the Soviet Union it was May 9th. John Erickson has recently returned from the USSR and here he reflects on how the Russians commemorate their role in bringing peace to Europe.
Published April 30 1985
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