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OSPREY: Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 by Prit Buttar
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 464
- Publication Date
- 2015-08-18
- ISBN
- 9781472807953
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1472807952
ISBN-13
9781472807953
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208675108
Product Key Features
Book Title
Germany Ascendant : the Eastern Front 1915
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / World War I
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Book Series
General Military Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
27.5 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-451907
Reviews
"This is among one of the better works on the conflict published during the centennial of one of the world's most destructive conflicts . . . Buttar does an excellent job revealing the struggles of both soldier sand civilians along with the efforts of national leaders to provide for them and continue the struggle." --Christopher Miskimon, Military Heritage Magazine
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
940.4/25
Table Of Content
Introduction/ 1. The Combatants/ 2. The First Carpathian Campaign/ 3. Winter in Masuria/ 4. Springtime: Slaughter and Disappointment/ 5. Mackensen's Breakthrough/ 6. The Exploitation/ 7. Lemberg/ 8. Decisions and Departures/ 9. The Great Retreat/ 10. Volhynia: The End of the Leash/ 11. The Fall of Serbia/ 12. The Burden of War
Synopsis
The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war. Now, with the work of internationally renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this fascinating story of the unknown side of the First World War is finally being told. In Germany Ascendant , Buttar examines the critical events of 1915, as the German Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive triggered the collapse of Russian forces, coming tantalizingly close to knocking Russia out of the war altogether. Throughout the year, German dominance on the Eastern Front grew - but stubborn Russian resistance forced the continuation of a two-front war that would drain Germany's reserves of men and equipment. From the bitter fighting in the Carpathian Mountains, where the cragged peaks witnessed thousands of deaths and success was measured in feet and inches, to the sweeping advances through Serbia where the capital Belgrade was seized, to the almost medieval battle for the fortress of Przemysl, this is a staggeringly ambitious history of some the most important moments of the First World War., While millions of men died in France and Belgium in 1915, battles equally as large and bloody were being fought on the Eastern Front, as Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia clashed on a scale greater than anything seen on the Western Front. These massive offensives were shocking in their scale and intensity, and hugely important. Yet they are largely ignored in the West. Now, with the work of internationally renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this story of the unknown side of World War I is finally being told. In Germany Ascendant, Buttar examines the critical year of 1915, when Germany launched the great Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, lead by Field Marshal Mackensen. The move, which started as a minor German operation to relieve their Austro-Hungarian allies, ultimately resulted in the utter collapse of Russian forces from all of Poland and Gallacia, and came tantalizingly close to knocking Russia out of the war altogether. Next the Germans led the invasion of Serbia, leading Britain and France to intervene with ground troops, an operation that ultimately failed. Yet despite this unbroken string of successes, Germany was still hamstrung by a two-front war. Her every attempt to knock Russia out of the war--military and diplomatic--has failed. The stage was then set for the next phase of the war when Russia launched its own counter-offensive that nearly brought the Central Powers to their knees.
LC Classification Number
D550.B89 2015
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