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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 166mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• 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 general practitioner. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his most recent titles include the critically acclaimed new history of the siege of Leningrad: To Besiege A City: Leningrad 1941-42 and Hero City: Leningrad 1943-44. He lives in Kirkcudbright, 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.