02727nam a22003733u 4500 drd-5185568 Dreier 20260907105116.0 cr|||||||||||| 260907s2026 enk||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781009652438 978-1-009-65243-8 RU-10907106 eng Majstorovic, Vojin aut Author 69703 Violence and Occupation The Red Army in the Balkans and Central Europe, 1944-1945 Vojin Majstorovic Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026 340 Seiten Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Military Histories E-Book / Zugriff nur im Lesesaal Photos; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Front: 1. On the eve of the Balkan offensive; 2. 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts' operations and rampage in Europe; Part II. The Leadership: 3. The kremlin's policies; 4. Propaganda; 5. Disciplinary policies; Part III. The Troops: 6. Soviet soldiers' views of the countries of the Balkans and central Europe; 7. Sexual violence; 8. After the war; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. This groundbreaking history traces the Red Army's advances across central Europe and the Balkans in 1944-1945. It focuses on the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts that occupied Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria. Utilizing material from archives across Russia, Ukraine, and Serbia, alongside diaries, memoirs, and interviews, Vojin Majstorovic examines the official policies and troops' behavior in each country and analyzes military violations, from deserting and looting to widespread sexual violence. His findings show that the Red Army was an ill-disciplined force, but that military personnel committed fewer crimes against civilians in 'neutral Bulgaria' and 'friendly' Yugoslavia than in 'enemy' Romania, Hungary, and Austria. To explain the variation in troops' conduct, he stresses the interaction of several continuously evolving factors: Kremlin's policies, the severity of the fighting, the command's policies toward criminals, the official propaganda, and troops' martial masculinity, identity, and views of the local populations. Sowjetunion. Raboče-Krestʹjanskaja Krasnaja Armija 61627 1944-1945 14706 Zweiter Weltkrieg Besetzung Sexualisierte Gewalt 8807 Balkanhalbinsel 3535 Ostmitteleuropa Volltext https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009652438 EB z 74599 74599 0 0 z 0 0 DHIM DHIM ONRES 2026-09-02 26-e00734 E-26-e00734 77535 2026-09-02 15:52:00 2026-09-02 EB