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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101780961634
ISBN-139781780961637
eBay Product ID (ePID)144078079
Product Key Features
Original LanguageEnglish
Book TitleBetween Giants : the Battle for the Baltics in World War II
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicMilitary / World War II, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Europe / Baltic States
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorPrit Buttar
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight26.3 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-277493
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A magisterial account, Between Giants does not attempt to judge the decisions made by the leaders and the people of the Baltic States, who struggled to reconcile the situation in which they found themselves with their own aspirations. It elucidates the terrible destruction and bloodshed that had such a devastating effect on this corner of Europe, the consequences of which are still felt today." - Savannah Jones, www.sirreadalot.org "By magnificently mining and marshaling sources, Buttar potently recaps this tragic chapter in Baltic history. Serious students of WWII's Eastern Front should make Osprey's terrific tome required reading." - David E. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (August 2013) From the Hardcover edition., "[A] carefully balanced account of the predicament in which Balts found themselves...Mr. Buttar is himself an army veteran, and it is from the military perspective that he relates the savage unraveling of the Baltic world during World War II's last year. There's plenty here on weaponry, on tactics and strategy." Andrew Stuttaford, The Wall Street Journal "A magisterial account, Between Giants does not attempt to judge the decisions made by the leaders and the people of the Baltic States, who struggled to reconcile the situation in which they found themselves with their own aspirations. It elucidates the terrible destruction and bloodshed that had such a devastating effect on this corner of Europe, the consequences of which are still felt today." - Savannah Jones, www.sirreadalot.org "By magnificently mining and marshaling sources, Buttar potently recaps this tragic chapter in Baltic history. Serious students of WWII's Eastern Front should make Osprey's terrific tome required reading." - David E. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com , "[A] carefully balanced account of the predicament in which Balts found themselves...Mr. Buttar is himself an army veteran, and it is from the military perspective that he relates the savage unraveling of the Baltic world during World War II's last year. There's plenty here on weaponry, on tactics and strategy." -- Andrew Stuttaford, The Wall Street Journal "By magnificently mining and marshaling sources, Buttar potently recaps this tragic chapter in Baltic history. Serious students of WWII's Eastern Front should make Osprey's terrific tome required reading." -- David E. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com "Buttar potently recaps [a] tragic chapter in Baltic history." -- David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com "A magisterial account, Between Giants does not attempt to judge the decisions made by the leaders and the people of the Baltic States, who struggled to reconcile the situation in which they found themselves with their own aspirations. It elucidates the terrible destruction and bloodshed that had such a devastating effect on this corner of Europe, the consequences of which are still felt today." -- Savannah Jones, www.sirreadalot.org, "A magisterial account, Between Giants does not attempt to judge the decisions made by the leaders and the people of the Baltic States, who struggled to reconcile the situation in which they found themselves with their own aspirations. It elucidates the terrible destruction and bloodshed that had such a devastating effect on this corner of Europe, the consequences of which are still felt today." - Savannah Jones, www.sirreadalot.org, "[A] carefully balanced account of the predicament in which Balts found themselves...Mr. Buttar is himself an army veteran, and it is from the military perspective that he relates the savage unraveling of the Baltic world during World War II's last year. There's plenty here on weaponry, on tactics and strategy." Andrew Stuttaford, The Wall Street Journal "A magisterial account, Between Giants does not attempt to judge the decisions made by the leaders and the people of the Baltic States, who struggled to reconcile the situation in which they found themselves with their own aspirations. It elucidates the terrible destruction and bloodshed that had such a devastating effect on this corner of Europe, the consequences of which are still felt today." - Savannah Jones, www.sirreadalot.org "By magnificently mining and marshaling sources, Buttar potently recaps this tragic chapter in Baltic history. Serious students of WWII's Eastern Front should make Osprey's terrific tome required reading." - David E. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com "Buttar potently recaps [a] tragic chapter in Baltic history." - David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com, "[A] carefully balanced account of the predicament in which Balts found themselves...Mr. Buttar is himself an army veteran, and it is from the military perspective that he relates the savage unraveling of the Baltic world during World War II's last year. There's plenty here on weaponry, on tactics and strategy." -- Andrew Stuttaford, The Wall Street Journal "By magnificently mining and marshaling sources, Buttar potently recaps this tragic chapter in Baltic history. Serious students of WWII's Eastern Front should make Osprey's terrific tome required reading." -- David E. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com "Buttar potently recaps [a] tragic chapter in Baltic history." -- David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com "A magisterial account, Between Giants does not attempt to judge the decisions made by the leaders and the people of the Baltic States, who struggled to reconcile the situation in which they found themselves with their own aspirations. It elucidates the terrible destruction and bloodshed that had such a devastating effect on this corner of Europe, the consequences of which are still felt today." -- Savannah Jones, www.sirreadalot.org
Dewey Decimal940.54/1247082
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations/ List of Maps/ Author's Note/ Dramatis Personae/ Preface/ Introduction/Molotov, Ribbentrop and the First Soviet Occupation/ Rosenberg, Generalplan Ost and Preparations for Barbarossa/ The Wehrmacht in Full Flood/ The Baltic Holocaust/ Reluctant Allies/ Narva, January to April 1944/ Breaking the Deadlock: Summer 1944/ From Doppelkopf to Cäsar/ The Isolation of Army Group North/ Courland, October to December 1944/ Endgame/ Aftermath/ Appendices/ Endnotes/ Bibliography/ Extract from Battleground Prussia/ Index
SynopsisWith the exception of Poland, no region or territory suffered more greatly during World War II than the Baltic States. Caught between the giants of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia became pawns in the desperate battle for control of Eastern Europe throughout the course of World War II. This is a story of conquest and exploitation, of death and deportation and the fight for survival both by countries and individuals. The three states were repeatedly occupied -- by the Soviet Union in 1939, by Germany in 1941, and again by the Soviet Union in 1944-45. In each case, local government organizations and individuals were forced to choose between supporting the occupying forces or forming partisan units. Many would be caught up in the bitter fighting in the region and, in particular, in the huge battles for the Courland bridgehead during Operation Bagration when hundreds of thousands of soldiers would fight and die in the last year of the war. Over 300,000 Soviet troops would be lost during the repeated assaults on the 'Courland Cauldron' before 146,000 German and Latvia troops were finally forced to surrender. No mercy was shown and all Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians who fought for Germany were executed. By the end of the war, death and deportation had cost the Baltic States over 20 percent of their total population and the iron curtain would descend on the region for over four decades. Using numerous first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, Prit Buttar weaves a magisterial account of the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front and the three small states whose fates were determined by the fortunes and misfortunes of war., During World War II, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia found themselves trapped between the giants of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Over the course of the war these states were repeatedly occupied by different forces, and local government organizations and individuals were forced to choose between supporting the occupying forces or forming partisan units to resist their occupation. Devastated during the German invasion, these states then became the site of some of the most vicious fighting during the Soviet counter-attack and push towards Berlin. Many would be caught up in the bitter fighting in the region and, in particular, in the huge battles for the Courland Bridgehead during Operation Bagration, when hundreds of thousands of soldiers would fight and die in the last year of the war. By the end of the war, death and deportation had cost the Baltic States over 20 per cent of their total population and Soviet occupation was to see the iron curtain descend on the region for four decades. Using numerous first-hand accounts and detailed archival research, Prit Buttar weaves a magisterial account of the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front and the three small states whose fates were determined by the fortunes and misfortunes of war.
LC Classification NumberD802
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- 26. Aug. 2024
Nice book, decent amount of maps too. H...
Nice book, decent amount of maps too. Hard to find book about Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania suffering during the horrible WW2 period / fighting between the Soviet Union-Russian Marxists-Communists and German Nazis.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
