Battleground Prussia - The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45

Informationen zum Autor 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. He is extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed two-volume series on the siege of Leningrad: To Besiege A City (Osprey 2023) and Hero City (Osprey 2024). He now lives in Kirkcudbright in Scotland. Vorwort An engrossing history of the last year of the Second World War, charting the battles fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis across German soil. Zusammenfassung "Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45". Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Maps Author's Note Preface Introduction: the Slavs and the Teutons1 Fritz and Ivan: The Opposing Forces2 Memel3 Nemmersdorf4 The Last Christmas5 The House of Cards - the Great January Offensive6 Cherniakhovsky and the Pregel Valley7 Rokossovsky reaches the Coast8 Encircled in East Prussia9 Hannibal - The Baltic Evacuation Begins10 The Riviera of Hades and the Fall of Pomerania11 Heiligenbeil - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea12 Konigsberg13 Danzig14 The Last Command15 The Long Road Home Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Prit Buttar, Buttar Prit
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.02.2012
• EAN: 9781849087902
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-790-2
• Pagine: 512
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 232 mm x 40 mm
• Serie: General Military
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, USSR, Soviet Union, War and defence operations, Land forces & warfare, Battles and campaigns, Land forces and warfare