Germany ascendant: the eastern front 1915

In Germany Ascendant, Buttar examines the critical events of 1915, as the German Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive triggered the collapse of Russian forces, coming tantalizingly close to knocking Russia out of the war altogether. Throughout the year, German dominance on the Eastern Front grew - but stubborn Russian resistance forced the continuation of a two-front war that would drain Germany's reserves of men and equipment. From the bitter fighting in the Carpathian Mountains, where the cragged peaks witnessed thousands of deaths and success was measured in feet and inches, to the sweeping advances through Serbia where the capital Belgrade was seized, to the almost medieval battle for the fortress of Przemyśl, this is a staggeringly ambitious history of some the most important moments of the First World War"--Back cover.

  • OCLC #: 894307292
  • ISBN #:
    • 9781472807953
    • 1472807952
  • Call #: D550.B89 2015
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — D550
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Oxford, UK ;New York, NY : Osprey Publishing, 2015.
  • Physical Description: 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Back cover description should read "some of the most important moments of the First World War."
  • Contents:
    • The combatants
    • The first Carpathian campaign
    • Winter in Masuria
    • Springtime: slaughter and disappointment
    • Mackensen's breakthrough
    • The exploitation
    • Lemberg
    • Decisions and departures
    • The Great Retreat
    • Volhynia: The end of the Leash
    • The fall of Serbia
    • The burden of war.