S-004 The Red Army Soldier (1941-1945)

Describes the Red Army’s conscription and mobilization procedures on the eve of the war and during wartime; its ethnic composition and employment of women, convicts, political prisoners, and labor deportees; its formation and combat employment of penal units and blocking detachments; and the everyday life of the common soldier, including food and clothing, political control, discipline, motivation, and morale.