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Beschreibung

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II's Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.

Making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, Retribution follows on from On A Knife's Edge, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and counteroffensives that followed throughout the winter of 1942-43. Beginning towards the end of the Battle of Kursk, Retribution tells the story of the massive Soviet offensive that followed the end of Operation Zitadelle, which saw depleted and desperate German troops forced out of Western Ukraine. In this title, critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar describes in detail the little-known series of near-constant battles that saw a weakened German army confronted by a tactically sophisticated force of over six million Soviet troops. As a result, the Wehrmacht was driven back to the Dnepr and German forces remaining in the Kuban Peninsula south of Rostov were forced back into the Crimea, a retreat which would become one of many in the months that followed.

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II's Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.

Making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, Retribution follows on from On A Knife's Edge, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and counteroffensives that followed throughout the winter of 1942-43. Beginning towards the end of the Battle of Kursk, Retribution tells the story of the massive Soviet offensive that followed the end of Operation Zitadelle, which saw depleted and desperate German troops forced out of Western Ukraine. In this title, critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar describes in detail the little-known series of near-constant battles that saw a weakened German army confronted by a tactically sophisticated force of over six million Soviet troops. As a result, the Wehrmacht was driven back to the Dnepr and German forces remaining in the Kuban Peninsula south of Rostov were forced back into the Crimea, a retreat which would become one of many in the months that followed.

Über den 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 France.

Zusammenfassung
Buttar's books rank amongst Osprey's most popular titles, including his acclaimed four-part series on the Eastern Front of World War I, as well as Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 (2010) and Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II (2013).
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1 - 'Summer 1943 - the Decisive Shift'
Chapter 2 - 'The Mius
Chapter 3 - 'The Polkovodets Rumyantsev Operation'
Chapter 4 - 'Akhtyrka and Bogodukhov'
Chapter 5 - 'Kharkov'
Chapter 6 - 'Attrition: From the Mius and Donets to the Dnepr'
Chapter 7 - 'The Dnepr Bridgeheads'
Chapter 8 - 'Krivoy Rog'
Chapter 9 - 'Kiev and Zhitomir'
Chapter 10 - 'Nikopol'
Conclusion

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472835352
ISBN-10: 1472835352
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Buttar, Prit
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 233 x 156 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Prit Buttar
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,655 kg
Artikel-ID: 117609236

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