"...a reasonable overview of the Soviet Cavalry Forces and their main operations during WWII."

The Journal of Slavic Military Studies

The OMG doctrine was so successful it became a fundamental cornerstone of Soviet post-war (Warsaw Pack) military philosophy. This book will appeal to a variety of interested parties from Eastern Front historians, cavalry buffs and it should especially be of interest to strategic planners. It is well written, and a massive amount of research has gone into writing it. One of my interests is the Eastern Front history and I found it wonderfully interesting and well worth the time spent reading it.

Military Archive Research, Dr Stuart C Blank

One hundred and nineteen years of submarine activity and development is covered to perfection in Michael Green's brilliant history of the USA's underwater exploits.

Books Monthly

One of the neglected areas of WWII history is the use of horses and mules, the main attention being focused on all the new weapons that appeared in huge numbers and revolutionized warfare. The Red Army and the Wehrmacht both made extensive use of the horse to draw artillery and supply wagons across the vast expanses of the Soviet Union. The Red Army made great use of cavalry which played a major role in eventual victory – Very Highly Recommended.

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Firetrench

John Harrel has done a commendable job in putting together a readable synthesis of many of these operations, showing both the reasons for their successes and failures.

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Wargames Illustrated, August 2019

The author has delivered an in depth study of Soviet cavalry operations and it is well supported by photographs and sketch maps. It personalises the cavalry operations by focusing on the unit leaders where appropriate and adding depth to what might otherwise be a chronological list of combat actions. A theme of the book is the close connection between the tactics used by CSA raiders such as Stuart and Forest in the American Civil War the principles of which were emulated by their Soviet counterparts in WWII. Certainly the opportunities for such actions, principally deep penetration raids by an army on the defensive were equally appropriate in both wars and where the terrain was helpful. This is a fine book that opens up minds to the usefulness of horse cavalry in a time when it was thought (in the West) to have been ended by mechanised cavalry.

Michael McCarthy. Battlefield Guide

Michael McCarthy