Book Rising Sun and Tumbling Bear - the Russo-Japanese war of 1905

[TheKiwi]

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[Devil Child]

General question is the viewing of the war largely a "history from 30k feet above" perspective? Curious if there is any focus on the personal accounts of the combatants.

 

[Yevgeny]

Before departing from Libava the sailors of Rozhdestvensky squadron were blessed in St Nicolas cathedral. I was baptized in that church. That's fun I always considered myself a lucky person.

 

[TheKiwi]

General question is the viewing of the war largely a "history from 30k feet above" perspective? Curious if there is any focus on the personal accounts of the combatants.

It's a mixture. There are quotes and passages etc. from individual soldiers/sailors diaries but mostly it's focused on the higher level stuff.

@Yevgeny that is a very nice looking cathedral.

 

[Bombardier]

@TheKiwi this is a great review as are the others you have recently shared.
Glad you are finding a use for the review area

 

[TheKiwi]

You're welcome. I have a very big library of reference books so I'll do my best to post up as many of them as I can over the next few months. Even the ones that were a bit S**t so people can avoid them.