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001 2014466700
003 DLC
005 20141114090941.0
008 141113s2014 enkab b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2014466700
016 7 $a016684370$2Uk
020 $a9781782006480
020 $z9781782009726 (e-book)
020 $z9781782009719 (PDF)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn858956311
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aD550$b.B88 2014
082 04 $a940.4/147$223
100 1 $aButtar, Prit,$eauthor.
245 10 $aCollision of empires :$bthe war on the Eastern Front in 1914 /$cPrit Buttar.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOsprey Publishing,$c2014.
300 $a472 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 449-457) and index.
520 $aAn account of the battles fought on the Eastern Front during World War I reveals how delays in adapting to a modern war and inadequacies in supply and support arrangements brought about the downfall of all three warring empires.
505 0 $aThe German war machine -- The Russian steamroller -- Austria-Hungary: the other sick man of Europe -- Over the brink -- The first battles: Stallupönen and Gumbinnen -- Crisis of command -- Tannenberg -- The illusion of victory: Galicia, August 1914 -- The battle for the Masurian Lakes -- The reality of defeat: Galicia, September 1914 -- A bloody sideshow: the Siberian front -- Mud and blood: Autumn in Poland -- Łódź -- The first Christmas -- Disappointments and illusions.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zEastern Front.