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Battleground Prussia : The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 by Prit Buttar (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Battleground Prussia by Prit Buttar. Author Prit Buttar. Title Battleground Prussia. The Soviet Army's intent to take revenge for the horror that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable brutality in which millions perished.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101849087903
ISBN-139781849087902
eBay Product ID (ePID)109066837
Product Key Features
Original LanguageEnglish
Book TitleBattleground Prussia : the Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
AuthorPrit Buttar
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight26.9 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-376042
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"A powerful pick... It comes packed with action shots and photos, first-hand accounts from soldiers on both sides - most of which have never appeared in English - and follows the months between the arrival of the Red Army in Germany to the collapse of Hitler's regime. No military collection strong in World War II should be without this specific, in-depth analysis." - The Midwest Book Review (December 2010) "...[a] marvelously written and illustrated new work with excellent maps on a series of battles too long overlooked ... deserves to be read by any true devotee of World War II." - Military Advisor (Winter 2010/2011), "A powerful pick... It comes packed with action shots and photos, first-hand accounts from soldiers on both sides -- most of which have never appeared in English -- and follows the months between the arrival of the Red Army in Germany to the collapse of Hitler's regime. No military collection strong in World War II should be without this specific, in-depth analysis." -- The Midwest Book Review (December 2010) "...[a] marvelously written and illustrated new work with excellent maps on a series of battles too long overlooked ... deserves to be read by any true devotee of World War II." -- Military Advisor (Winter 2010/2011), "A powerful pick... It comes packed with action shots and photos, first-hand accounts from soldiers on both sides - most of which have never appeared in English - and follows the months between the arrival of the Red Army in Germany to the collapse of Hitler's regime. No military collection strong in World War II should be without this specific, in-depth analysis." - The Midwest Book Review (December 2010) "...[a] marvelously written and illustrated new work with excellent maps on a series of battles too long overlooked ... deserves to be read by any true devotee of World War II." - Military Advisor (Winter 2010/2011) From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Decimal940.54/213
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations List of Maps Author's Note Preface Introduction: the Slavs and the Teutons 1 Fritz and Ivan: The Opposing Forces 2 Memel 3 Nemmersdorf 4 The Last Christmas 5 The House of Cards - the Great January Offensive 6 Cherniakhovsky and the Pregel Valley 7 Rokossovsky reaches the Coast 8 Encircled in East Prussia 9 Hannibal - The Baltic Evacuation Begins 10 The Riviera of Hades and the Fall of Pomerania 11 Heiligenbeil - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 12 Konigsberg 13 Danzig 14 The Last Command 15 The Long Road Home Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of Hitler's regime were like no other in the Second World War. The Soviet Army's intent to take revenge for the horror that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable brutality in which millions perished. From the great battles that marked the Soviet conquest of East and West Prussia to the final surrender in the Vistula estuary, this book recounts in chilling detail the desperate struggle of soldiers and civilians alike. These brutal campaigns are brought vividly to life by a combination of previously unseen testimony and astute strategic analysis recognising a conflict of unprecedented horror and suffering. Hardcover edition ISBN: 9781849081900, An engrossing history of the last year of the Second World War, charting the battles fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis across German soil. The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of Hitler's regime were like no other in the Second World War. The Soviet Army's intent to take revenge for the horror that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable brutality in which millions perished. From the great battles that marked the Soviet conquest of East and West Prussia to the final surrender in the Vistula estuary, this book recounts in chilling detail the desperate struggle of soldiers and civilians alike. These brutal campaigns are brought vividly to life by a combination of previously untold testimony and astute strategic analysis recognising a conflict of unprecedented horror and suffering.
LC Classification NumberD757.9
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