Dynamo / Defending the honour of Kiev
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TextPublication details: UK Fourth Estate 2001Description: 254p., 225 x 143mm, Map, ports., hardbackISBN: - 1841153184
- 940.550
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 940.530 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R03200PKRCC | ||
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 940.530 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R06070KRCT | ||
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 940.530 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R06069KRCT | ||
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 940.530 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R06202KRCT |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Hitler initiated Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, he caught the Soviet Union completely by surprise. At breathtaking speed his armies swept East, slaughtering the ill-prepared Soviet forces. His greatest military gains of the entire World War II were made in a few short months, and the largest single country that he conquered was the Ukraine. Ukraine's capital, Kiev, was circled, assaulted and overrun, and among the city's defenders who were captured and incarcerated were many of the members of the sparkling 1939 Dynamo Kiev football team, arguably the best in Europe before the war.
In 1942, an event took place not on the battlefield but in a municipal stadium in Kiev. A match was arranged between a German Luftwaffe side and a team of impoverished Kievans from a local bakery. This is the true story of courage, team loyalty and fortitude in the face of brutal oppression.