FOREWORD

CHRONOLOGY

YEARS OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

THE WAR BEGINS

BAPTISM OF FIRE: THE OREL OFFENSIVE

TRAINING FOR A NEW OFFENSIVE

THE KAMENETS–PODOLSK OPERATION

THE BATTLES FOR THE TOWN OF SKALAT

THE BATTLE FOR GUSYATIN

THE BATTLES FOR KAMENETS–PODOLSK

THE BRIDGEHEAD AT THE RIVER STRYPA

IN RESERVE AT KOPYCHINTSY

THE LVOV–SANDOMIR OPERATION

THE BATTLE FOR LVOV

FIGHTING ON THE SANDOMIR BRIDGEHEAD

PREPARATIONS FOR THE PUSH WEST

THE VISTULA–ODER OPERATION

THE ADVANCE TO THE ODER

ON GERMAN SOIL

ON TO BERLIN

THE BERLIN–PRAGUE OPERATION

THE END OF THE WAR

EPILOGUE

BROTHERS IN ARMS

PHOTOGRAPHS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

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