Prit Buttar

Bagration 1944

The Great Soviet Offensive

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781472863515
• ISBN-10: 1472863518
• Artikelnr.: 70371306

Autorenporträt

Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP, first near Bristol and then in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He is extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level, and served on the GPs' Committee of the British Medical Association. He has appeared on national TV and radio, speaking on a variety of medical issues. He contributes regularly to the medical press. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 (Osprey 2010) and Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II (Osprey 2013) and a definitive four-part series on the Eastern Front in World War I which concluded with The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21 (2017). He now lives in Kirkcudbright in Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Dramatis Personae
Introduction: Tehran
Chapter 1: Fritz and Ivan: The State of the Armies of the Eastern Front
Chapter 2: The Front Behind the Front: Partisans in Belarus
Chapter 3: Preparing the Blow
Chapter 4: Waiting for the Hammer to Fall
Chapter 5: A Fateful Anniversary: 22-24 June
Chapter 6: The Floodgates Open: 25-28 June
Chapter 7: Exploitation: 29 June-3 July
Chapter 8: The Surge to the Frontier: 4-8 July
Chapter 9: Vilnius: 9-14 July
Chapter 10: Fire Brigades: The Panzer Divisions and the Red Army, 9-19 July
Chapter 11: Interlude: 'Make Peace, You Fools! What Else Can You Do?'
Chapter 12: High Tide for the Red Army
Chapter 13: Praga and Warsaw
Chapter 14: The Third Reich on the Brink
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

A dynamic and engrossing read – Buttar captures the drama and detail of one of the most important campaigns of the Second World War.