Description
| Product ID: | 9781472824899 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Russia's Last Gasp |
| Subtitle: | The Eastern Front 1916–17 |
| Authors: | Author: Prit Buttar |
| Page Count: | 472 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, First World War, War and defence operations, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, First World War, War & defence operations, Russia, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Continuing his best-selling series on the Eastern Front, acclaimed historian Prit Buttar explores Russia''s explosive final years of the First World War and offers an enthralling account of the costly Brusilov Offensive, a campaign that saw success on the battlefield but plunged Russia into revolution back home. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-08-24 |
