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In Russia's Last Gasp, now in paperback, Prit Buttar looks at one of the bloodiest campaigns launched in the history of warfare--the Brusilov Offensive, sometimes known as the June Advance. With British, French and German forces locked in a stalemate in the trenches of the Western Front, an attack was launched by the massed Russian armies to the east. The assault was intended to knock Austria-Hungary out of the war and divert German troops from the Western Front, easing the pressure on Russia's allies. Russia's dismal military performance in the preceding years was forgotten, as the Brusilov Offensive was quickly characterized by innovative tactics. Most impressive of all was the Russian use of shock troops, a strategy that German armies would later use to great effect in the final years of the war.
Drawing on first-hand accounts and detailed archival research Buttar gives a dramatic retelling of final years of the war on the Eastern Front, with the Russian Army claiming military success at a cost so high that it was never able to recover.
Table of Contents
List of Maps
Author's Note
Dramatis Personae
Introduction
1. The Fruits of War
2. The Winter Battles
3. Lake Naroch
4. The Quiet Front
5. Brusilov's Offensive Begins
6. The Growing Crisis
7. Dealing with Success and Failure
8. Now or Never
9. Kovel and Stanislau
10. The Advent of Romania
11. The New Front: Romania's Gamble
12. Autumn
13. Budapest and Beyond
14. The Cracks in the Edifice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Oct 03 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 472 |
| ISBN | 9781472824899 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 30 b/w |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Series | General Military |
| Short code | GNM |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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