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Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916–17
Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916–17
Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916–17
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Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916–17

Written by Prit Buttar

Narrated by Roger Clark

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In Russia's Last Gasp, 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.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 12, 2019
ISBN9781541449848
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Prit Buttar

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.

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    Epic exhibition of Ostfront and reading serine. author and narrator are my heroes!
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    Russia's efforts to meet the demands of the Entente Powers plans developed at the Chantilly Conference through the allies conducting attacks on the German and Austro-Hungarian forces were initially successful but costly. The huge numbers of Russian casualties were a Pyrrhic victory for Russia.