The First World War (1)

The Eastern Front 1914–1918

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Description

Now in compact, e-guide form, this book unravels the complicated and tragic events of the Eastern Front in the First World War.

The author details Russia's sudden attack on German forces, despite her inadequate resources. A crushing defeat at Tannenberg was followed by Germany inflicting humiliation after humiliation on desperate Russian troops. For a while, those forces led by General Brusilov and facing Austria-Hungary fared better, but in the end this front too collapsed.

In this compact volume, Geoffrey Jukes describes how morale plummeted, the army began to disintegrate, and the Tsar was forced to abdicate - paving the way for the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology
Background to war
Warring sides
The fighting
Portrait of a soldier
The world around war
Portrait of a civilian
How the war ended
Conclusion and consequences
Further reading

Product details

Published 06 Jun 2014
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472809735
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Series Guide to...
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Geoffrey Jukes

After leaving Oxford in 1953 Geoffrey Jukes spent…

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