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 Always with Honor is the Autobiography of General Pyotr Wrangel, leader of the anti-communist White Army in the Russian Civil War.Wrangel's story begins during World War I, when he was merely a cavalry officer, having distinguished himself in the previous Russo-Japanese War. As tensions build behind the front lines, Wrangel finds himself at the center of various intrigues in the beginning stages of revolution. However, Wrangel is completely loyal to the Tsar, and when he abdicates Wrangel is crushed.Disgusted by the actions of the Bolsheviks, Wrangel resigns and returns to his home in Yalta, only to find the entire Crimean peninsula infested with Red soldiers. After being arrested and escaping execution by a hair's breadth (among other humiliations), Wrangel is almost happy to see German boots on Russian soil.As the civil war begins, Wrangel jumps at the chance to join the volunteer army in Rostov, led by General Anton Denikin. Now engaged in a desperate struggle for the fate of Russia itself, Wrangel uses his strategic genius to score victory after victory, despite the incompetence of Denikin and his staff. Knowing that discipline, uniformity and logistics are just as important for winning a war as force of arms, Wrangel becomes a force for law and order, a hero and liberator to his people. Sadly, the other generals do not share this compunction, and over Wrangel's protests they launch an all-out assault on Moscow with no thought given to stabilizing their position. Wrangel is once again forced to resign.Him and his family find themselves exiled to Constantinople; while there, the White Army collapses and is beaten back. The Army loses faith in General Denikin, and loses all hope of securing British aid. Despite all this, Wrangel returns to Crimea to rebuild the White Army, and swears to defend Russia to the last strip of native soil. Despite being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Wrangel (now Supreme Commander) and his forces hold Crimea and the surrounding area long enough to negotiate for more foreign aid.Sadly, once the Soviets make peace with Poland, they quickly reinforce the offensive against Crimea, and Wrangel is left with no choice but to evacuate. Here, his gift for logistics and planning shines like never before as he oversees the orderly evacuation of almost a hundred and fifty thousand men, women and children, with himself the last one onboard. A hundred and fifty thousand people are saved from the subsequent massacre perpetrated against the Crimeans.After the war, Wrangel continues his life of service, working tirelessly for the wellbeing of the refugees, White emigres, and those still oppressed under the USSR. Sadly, he dies suddenly of Typhus shortly after completing his memoirs in 1928. His family believe a Soviet spy to be responsible.Always with Honor was originally published in the German magazine White Cause, before being translated into English by Sophie Goulston as "The Memoirs of General Wrangel." It included forewords from the translator and the author, and fell out of print in just one year. In 1957, it was reprinted, this time with a foreword by President Herbert Hoover, under the title "Always with Honor," but did just as poorly. A third reprint followed in 2020 from Mystery Grove Publishing Co, combining the forewords from all previous editions. You can buy it here (and don't forget to leave a review!) or you can pirate it here. Mystery Grove honestly doesn't care.Artist Alex Wisner began doing a graphic novel adaptation of the book, expanding it to include Wrangel's exploits from the beginning of World War 1. You can buy the first chapter here.Always with Honor contains examples of:
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