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Old 11-20-14, 06:16 AM   #1
Dmitry Markov
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I don't know if these books are translated - but those are masterpieces:

series of Artem Drabkin books with interviews of veterans ("T-34 in action" is translated and is present on amazon as kindle edition)

All these books names are beginning with " Ya dralsya na ..." (I fought in a ...) and then a name of combat arm : artillery, fighter planes, bombers, Il-2's, tanks and so on...

The other great source for first-hand memories is Drabkin's project iremember.ru - maybe it might be even more useful for those who don't speak russian. There are hundreds of recollections all sorted by combat arms. You can use google translate (with care of course ;-)

PS. iremember.ru HAS English version! Didn't notice a small icon in the corner :-) So please don't use google translate on that ;-)
This site is absolutely "must read" for anyone interested in first-hand memories from Soviet side WWII Eastern Front. Those grannies aren't bound these days with secrets or ideology they just tell their stories and you can see everybody had different experience - that makes it very valuable.

Best Regards!
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