Breakthrough
The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915
1st Edition
Published on 20. May 2010
240 pages
978-0-313-08183-5 (ISBN)
Description
An expert on German military history offers the first extensive, English-language study of one of the critical campaigns of World War I.
The Eastern Front in World War I has been neglected for too long. Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915 is the first English-language study of the first of the great breakthrough battles of the war-one of the Great War's critical campaigns.
The book covers the initial attack of the German Eleventh Army and the Austro-Hungarian Third and Fourth Armies in Galicia as they outflanked the Russian position in the Carpathian Mountains that threatened Hungary. Subsequent chapters cover the retaking of Galicia, including the recapture of Przemysl and Lemberg. The examination concludes with the German and Austro-Hungarian forces under the command of August von Mackensen turning north from Lemberg and the subsequent overrunning of Russian Poland by the Central Powers.
The Eastern Front in World War I has been neglected for too long. Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915 is the first English-language study of the first of the great breakthrough battles of the war-one of the Great War's critical campaigns.
The book covers the initial attack of the German Eleventh Army and the Austro-Hungarian Third and Fourth Armies in Galicia as they outflanked the Russian position in the Carpathian Mountains that threatened Hungary. Subsequent chapters cover the retaking of Galicia, including the recapture of Przemysl and Lemberg. The examination concludes with the German and Austro-Hungarian forces under the command of August von Mackensen turning north from Lemberg and the subsequent overrunning of Russian Poland by the Central Powers.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
15 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-0-313-08183-5 (9780313081835)
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05/2010
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Person
Richard L. DiNardo is professor of national security affairs at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, VA.
Content
Maps
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Strategic Setting
2. Strategic Decisions and Coalition Warfare
3. Forces, Plans, and Preparations
4. Punching the Hole: May 2-5, 1915
5. The Capture of Przemysl: May 6-June 6, 1915
6. Liberating Lemberg: June 6-24, 1915
7. Decisions and Preparations: June 25-July 13, 1915
8. The Conquest of Poland: July 13-August 31, 1915
9. Assessments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A photo essay follows page 68
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Strategic Setting
2. Strategic Decisions and Coalition Warfare
3. Forces, Plans, and Preparations
4. Punching the Hole: May 2-5, 1915
5. The Capture of Przemysl: May 6-June 6, 1915
6. Liberating Lemberg: June 6-24, 1915
7. Decisions and Preparations: June 25-July 13, 1915
8. The Conquest of Poland: July 13-August 31, 1915
9. Assessments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A photo essay follows page 68
