Stalin's Secret War: The NKVD on the Eastern Front

by Rupert Butler and Рупърт Бътлър

The use of terror has been a characteristic of Russia from the days of the Tsars. The Okhrana was the oppressive police force of the Romanovs. Then came the Cheka, the OGPU, SMERSH and the NKVD-organizations that used terror to control every aspect of military and civilian life.

As a result, during 'the Great Patriotic War', Soviet soldiers and citizens feared not only the Germans but the tentacles of the secret police. To maintain iron discipline...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848840535
• ISBN13: 9781848840539
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"