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Red Star Under the Baltic: A Firsthand Account of Life on Board a Soviet Submarine in World War 2 (Hardcover)

by Viktor Korzh (Author), Clare Burstall (Translator), Vladimir Kisselnikov (Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd; First edition edition (30 Oct 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844151387
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844151387
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 493,294 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An historic account of a little known submarine war., 10 April 2006
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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Although this book was first published in Russia some 40 years ago, this the first English translation. Written by a distinguished former Soviet submariner, it is a moving, vivid and first-hand account of life in the submarine service of the USSR during the bleak years of WW2. The author died in 1993.

Greatly feared by the Germans, I found it fascinating to learn how they employed extensive counter-measures to ensure the entire Soviet Fleet was kept bottled up. In this way German U-Boats were then able to strike at allied and even neutral shipping with impunity. Then we learn how, in 1943, all that began to change as the Allies learned how to strike back at their, hitherto unseen, enemy.

For those with an interest in the war at sea, it is very easy to become so preoccupied with U-Boats and the North Atlantic campaign that the struggles undergone by our Soviet Allies (as they were at that time) are completely overlooked. The involvement of Finnish Forces on the side of Germany (Finland eventually withdrew from the War in 1944) was an additional threat of which I previously knew very little.

Altogether a fascinating, well written and worthwhile book which, for me at least, has opened up a whole new area of interest in the war at sea during 1939-1945.

NM

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4.0 out of 5 stars Periscope view of a neglected flotilla, 30 Jun 2007
By J. Hood (Cheshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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Much has been written about the terrible conditions suffered by the Arctic convoys in WW2, but there is very little - in English, at any rate- about the war fought by the Soviet submarines, and Viktor Korzh's eye-witness account is a rare and valuable account of a Russian submariner's experiences. The bitter cold and the grim living conditions are described vividly and with wry humour, and the adventures are suitably gripping. For me, perhaps most fascinating aspect is the determination and initiative of the crew in trying to make and keep their submarine operational during the siege of Leningrad, when spare parts and materials were in such desperately short supply. There can be few submarine autobiographies that do not include complains about equipment, spare parts or dockyards, but Korzh's men were up against almost insuperable obstacles.
The only moments which jarred were the occasional eulogies to the Political Commissar. Although only recently translated, the book was written in 1966 and was doubtless subject to censorship by both the author and the Soviet authorities. Professionals are not usually happy with polital interference, but maybe the political commissar on S-12 really was an asset.
Well-translated, highly readable, this ought to be on any submarine afficionado's shelf.
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