The Anti-Hitler Coalition by Victor Issraeljan

Diplomatic Co-Operation Between the USSR, USA and Britain During the Second World War 1941-1945

Translated from the Russian by Don Danemanis
Designed by Sergei Danilov

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 5

CHAPTER I. The Beginning of Anglo-Soviet Co-operation . 19

CHAPTER II. The USA, and Nazi Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union 39

CHAPTER III. The Atlantic Charter and the First Three-Power Conference in Moscow (1941) 49

CHAPTER IV. The Battle for Moscow and Inter-Allied Relations 63

CHAPTER V. The USA Enters the Second World War. Consolidation of the Anti-Hitler Coalition 77

CHAPTER VI. Anglo-American Strategy 90

CHAPTER VII. Anglo-Soviet and Soviet-American Negotiations in the Spring of 1942 99

CHAPTER VIII. No Second Front in 1942 111

CHAPTER IX. The Allied Landing in North Africa and the “French Problem” 123

CHAPTER X. The Turning Point in the War and Anglo-American Diplomacy 132

CHAPTER XI. Still No Second Front in 1943 155

CHAPTER XII. Italy’s Withdrawal from the Fascist Bloc and Inter-Allied Relations in the Summer of 1943 173

CHAPTER XIII. The Moscow Conference and Problems of the Post-War Order of the World 196

CHAPTER XIV. Summit Meetings: Teheran and Cairo 214

CHAPTER XV. The Allies on the Eve of Europe’s Liberation 236

CHAPTER XVI. The Soviet Army Liberates Eastern Europe 261

CHAPTER XVII. Opening of the Second Front. The Allies and Liberated France 294

CHAPTER XVIII. Big-Three Talks at the End of 1944: Dumbarton Oaks, Quebec, Moscow 307

CHAPTER XIX. The Crimea Conference 325

CHAPTER XX. The Allies and the Liberated Countries 357

CHAPTER XXI. Hitler Germany Capitulates 370

CHAPTER XXII. At the Crossroads 381

CHAPTER XXIII. The Berlin Conference. Victory 399

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The Psychological War by D. Volkogonov

This book examines the psychological war which certain well-known quarters in the West are waging against the socialist world, fostering enmity, suspicion and bitterness in social consciousness. We all live in one house, the planet called Earth. And if we want to survive, we have to learn to understand one another, to coexist under one roof, something the strategists of the psychological war are trying to prevent us from doing

Prof. Dmitri Volkogonov, a professional soldier, is engaged in scientific work. His fields of research include the methodological problems of military theory and practice, critical analysis of bourgeois ideology, counter-propaganda, and military ethics. He is the author of 20 books, including Officers’ Ethics (1973), Military Ethics (1976), A Methodology of Ideological Education (1980), The Phenomenon of Heroism (1985), and approximately 500 studies, many of which have been published abroad in translation.

Translated from the Russian by Sergei Chulaki
Designed by Akhmet Mussin

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CONTENTS
Introduction 5
Chapter 1. Social Consciousness as an Arena of Struggle 11
Chapter 2. The Phenomenon of Psychological Warfare 36
Chapter 3. The Psychological War and History 61
Chapter 4. The Mechanism of Psychological Warfare 88
Chapter 5. The Means of Psychological Warfare 119
Chapter 6. The Machinery of Psychological Warfare 153
Chapter 7. The Creation of Myths and the Intensification of Psychological Warfare 186
Conclusion 235

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Marshal Of The Soviet Union G. Zhukov Reminiscences And Reflections Vols. 1 and 2 by G. Zhukov

Marshal Georgi Zhukov (1896–1974) was a distinguished Soviet military leader and a key figure in the Soviet victory during World War II. He joined the Soviet Army in 1918 and rose to become Chief of General Staff by 1941. As Deputy Supreme Commander from 1942, he led crucial operations including the Soviet counteroffensive at Yelnya, the defence of Leningrad and Moscow, and the decisive battles of Stalingrad and Kursk. He also directed the breakthrough of the Leningrad blockade and commanded the First Byelorussian Front in the final assault on Berlin. Zhukov accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945.

After the war, he served as Minister for Defence and received numerous Soviet and international honours, including four Hero of the Soviet Union awards. This text, based on both personal memory and official records, presents Zhukov as a brilliant strategist, deeply respected by his peers, known for his clarity, courage, decisiveness, and composure under pressure. His leadership played a central role in the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany.

Marshal of the Soviet Union
A.M. VASILEVSKY

Translated from the Russian by N. Burova (Chs. 22, 23), R. Daglish (Ch. 15),
P.Garb (Ch. 16), G. Kozlov (Ch. 17), S. Sossinsky (Ch. 21), M. Sydney
(Chs. 14, 18, 19, 20)
Designed by Alexander Smirnov

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You can get the Volume 2 here and here.

Contents

Volume 1

Foreword 7
CHAPTER 1. Childhood and Youth 17
CHAPTER 2. A Soldier’s Life 43
CHAPTER 3. I Take Part in the Civil War 58
CHAPTER 4. Regimental and Brigade Commander 94
CHAPTER 5. At the Red Army’s Cavalry Inspectorate. In command of the 4th Cavalry Division 128
CHAPTER 6. The 3rd and 6th Cavalry Corps of the Byelorussian Military District 165
CHAPTER 7. The Undeclared War on the Khalkhin G o l 177
CHAPTER 8. In Command of Kiev Special Military District . 207
CHAPTER 9. Eve of the War 227
CHAPTER 10. The War Begin s 280
CHAPTER 11. The Supreme Command G H Q 334
CHAPTER 12. The Enemy Yelnya Salient Is Eliminated .375
CHAPTER 13. The Fighting for Leningrad 415

Volume 2

CHAPTER 14. The Battle of Moscow 7
CHAPTER 15. The Ordeal Continues (1942) 68
CHAPTER 16. Strategic Nazi Defeat at Stalingrad 109
CHAPTER 17. The Crushing Defeat of the Nazi Troops in the Kursk Bulge 144
CHAPTER 18. Fighting for the Ukraine 212
CHAPTER 19. Liberation of Byelorussia and the Ukraine 264
CHAPTER 20. From the Vistula to the O d e r 301
CHAPTER 21. The Berlin Operation 342
CHAPTER 22. Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany 389
CHAPTER 23. The Potsdam Conference. The Control Council for
Governing Germany 429
Conclusion 474
Name Index 482

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Russian For Tourists by V. G. Kostomarov; A. A. Leontyev

How will this little book help you? What will it teach you? It won’t teach you to read Lev Tolstoy and Feodor Dostoevsky in the original or to understand Russian-language broadcasts by Radio Moscow. But it will tell you how to find your way in a strange Russian city or how to get the food you want in a cafe or restaurant even if the waiter does not speak English.

You won’t be able to write a letter to your Russian friends in Russian, but you will be able to:
-use current everyday expressions, such as the Russian equivalents of “Hello”, “How do you do”, “Goodbye” and “Thank you”;
-make out the various signs, notices and advertisements you may come across in the streets of Soviet cities;
-find your way around fairly easily and without a guide in railway stations, air terminals and shops;
-buy, without anybody’s help, a newspaper, a sandwich, a souvenir, and so on;
-order your meals, buy cinema or theatre tickets, make a telephone call, send a telegram and do many other important everyday things.

A person who has read this book must not flatter himself that he knows Russian, although, as we flatter ourselves, he may sometimes get this impression from his quick and easy successes. Our book is meant to help a foreigner to get around safely and, perhaps, to get him interested in Russian so that later on he will take up a more serious study-with real effort and toil.

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جنگ_۽_انسان (War and Man in Persian) by -ميخائيل_شولوخوف (Mikhail Sholokov)

A Soviet Novel

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( How Did Man Became A Giant? In Urdu)انسان بڑا کيسے بنا by ایم ایلین (M. Ilin, ); ای سیگل (E. Segal)

 

There is a great power on Earth. He has weapons that easily lift the steam engine of a fire train. His legs are such that he can run thousands of kilos a day. His wings are such that, more than all birds, he can fly through the clouds. It has the ability to swim better than any other fish. He has eyes that can see unseen things and ears that can hear the other end of the world. He is so powerful that he can tear tunnels on mountains and block waterfalls in the air, according to his will, he is reshaping the world, planting forests, connecting seas, bringing water to deserts. Who is this monster ? This great man ! How did man become the Lord of the Earth ? We will tell the truth in this book.

زمین پر ایک بڑی طاقت ہے ۔ اس کے پاس ایسے ہتھیار ہیں جو فائر ٹرین کے بھاپ انجن کو آسانی سے اٹھا لیتے ہیں ۔ اس کی ٹانگیں ایسی ہیں کہ وہ دن میں ہزاروں کلو دوڑ سکتا ہے ۔ اس کے پنکھ ایسے ہیں کہ تمام پرندوں سے زیادہ وہ بادلوں سے اڑ سکتا ہے ۔ اس میں کسی بھی دوسری مچھلی سے بہتر تیرنے کی صلاحیت ہے ۔ اس کی آنکھیں ہیں جو پوشیدہ چیزیں اور کان دیکھ سکتی ہیں جو دنیا کے دوسرے سرے کو سن سکتی ہیں ۔ وہ اتنا طاقتور ہے کہ وہ پہاڑوں پر سرنگیں پھاڑ سکتا ہے اور ہوا میں آبشاروں کو روک سکتا ہے ، اپنی مرضی کے مطابق ، وہ دنیا کو نئی شکل دے رہا ہے ، جنگلات لگا رہا ہے ، سمندروں کو جوڑ رہا ہے ، صحراؤں میں پانی لا رہا ہے ۔ یہ عفریت کون ہے ؟ یہ عظیم آدمی ! انسان زمین کا مالک کیسے بن گیا ؟ ہم اس کتاب میں سچ بتائیں گے.

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The Little Magicians Of The Large House by V. Golyshkin

A book describing the fun activities for children of all ages at the Moscow City Pioneers’ Palace.

Translated from the Russian by Jan Butler

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Plants And Animals Of The Taiga by Yuri Arakcheyev

A small book depicting various plants and animals in the Taiga forest of the Soviet union.

Illustrated by V. Fedotov
Translated by Bruce Hamilton

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Misha And Masha – Stories And Drawings by Pearl Binder

A book depicting lives of 8 Soviet citizen from various walks of life.

These eight people are chosen at random. They and their life-stories are fact, the names only, in a few cases, being fictitious. The drawings depict contemporary Soviet life.
I want to thank my good friend and interpreter. Pays Haskellson, for her invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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Anna Semyonovna (Communist) 11
Yura Abramovitch (Engineer) 59
Natasha Nikolievna (Secretary) 95
Mikhail Ivanovitch (Sailor) 147
Pelbgaya Dmitrovna (Farmer) 207
Oleg Zacharievitch (Film Student) 225
Nina Petrovna (Metro-worker) 281
Nura Tash Muchamedov (Musician) 301

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Fairy Tales by Maria Romanivska

A small book depicting fairy tales from the Soviet union.
Gorgeously illusrtated!

All credits to Guptaji.

Illustrated by Valentin Malinka Translated by Anatole Bilenko

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The “Nightingale” of the Bog 3
The Ants’ Victory 7
Varka the Liar and the Viper-Sorceress 11
The Rose Palace 16
Lyuba’s Travel 19

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