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

by Prit Buttar

Book Overview

Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916. After the success of the 1915 Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, which had driven Russia out of Galicia and Poland, Germany was free to renew its efforts in the west. Austria-Hungary, meanwhile, turned its attention to defeating Italy. In an attempt to relieve pressure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147282489X
• ISBN13: 9781472824899
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"