🎉 1/2 off all E-Books for Registering an account today! USE PROMO: 50%offregister

Forest Brothers

$4.99

SKU EBP- 1892722 Category Tag
Quick Checkout

An autobiographical account of the armed resistance against the Soviet Union, which took place between 1944–1956. Published in English for the first time in unabridged form, LukÅ¡a’s memoir remains one of the few reliable eye-witness accounts of the Invisible Front, as dubbed by Soviet security forces. At its zenith 28,000 guerilla fighters participated in battles and skirmishes throughout Lithuania, LukÅ¡a (partisan codename Daumantas) being one of the leaders. Forest Brothers also documents the role of women in the resistance, giving equal credit to these often silent partners. In 1948 LukÅ¡a and two comrades broke through the Iron Curtain on the Polish border. He sought training from the French intelligence and from the CIA. LukÅ¡a was flown back into the Soviet Union under the radar on the night of October 4, 1950. He managed to survive and operate eleven months until his near capture and death on the night of September 5, 1951. His account, written during 1948–1950, while he was living in hiding in Paris, describes in vivid scenes and dialogue the daily struggles of the resistance.

Author

Juozas Luksa

Format

Ebook

ISBN

9789639776586

Language

English

Pages

400

Publication Date

09-09-2009

Publisher

Central European University Press

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.

Scroll to Top