{"product_id":"under-the-red-banner","title":"Under the Red Banner","description":"            \u003ch1 id=\"product-title\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003eUnder the Red Banner\u003c\/h1\u003e      \u003ch2 id=\"product-subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA History of the Soviet 43rd Guards Tank Brigade 1940-1945\u003c\/h2\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv id=\"product-details\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eShawn M Caza\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e6.7 x 9.6\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e544\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003ePhotos:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e137 b+w photos, 5 b+w illustrations, 122 b\/w maps \u0026amp; plans, 19 b+w graphs, tables throughout\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHelion and Company\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-barcode\" class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e9781804518113\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-sku\" style=\"margin-top: 15px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem No. 9781804518113\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv id=\"product-description\" style=\"text-indent: 25px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on formerly secret and top-secret Soviet military records, supplemented with extensive analysis and photos, and over 100 official maps and diagrams, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Red Banner\u003c\/i\u003e traces the daily actions of a Soviet tank unit throughout the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenamed several times – 9th Tank Division, 104th Tank Division, 145th Tank Brigade and 43rd Guards Tank Brigade – the unit fought in well-known battles (Smolensk, Moscow, Operation Bagration and East Prussia) as well as some of the East Front’s ‘forgotten battles’ (Operation Mars, Orsha and Vitebsk).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding unique insight into the activities of an infantry-support tank unit, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Red Banner\u003c\/i\u003e details the unit’s actual experiences, including how it trained and prepared for battle and how it actually fought. Summaries and charts provide extensive detail on its formal and actual structure, equipment strength, losses and repair rates. In many cases, these details vary significantly from what existing histories have led us to believe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Red Banner\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how much closer to a full understanding of the events on the Eastern Front it is now possible to get by utilising Soviet military records and shows that it is now possible to trace every step and action of a unit, even in a ‘forgotten battle.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Red Banner\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to historians and those interested in armoured warfare, including wargamers. 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