A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction. In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin's obvious reservations about the presence of foreign troops in Russia, he was persuaded. Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated in early 1944 as B-17 Superfortresses were flown from ba Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front - Serhii Plokhy od authora Serhii Plokhy a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.