Written in Blood : The Battles for Fortress Przemyl in WWI.cJr. Graydon A. Tunstall
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Author: Jr. Graydon A. Tunstall
Page Count: 408 pages
Published Date: 16 Aug 2016
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Country: Bloomington, IN, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780253021977
File size: 10 Mb
Download Link: Written in Blood The Battles for Fortress Przemyl in WWI
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Bloodier than Verdun, the battles for Fortress Przemyl were pivotal to victory on the Eastern Front during the early years of World War I. Control of the fortress changed hands three times during the fall of 1914. In 1915, the Austro-Hungarian armies launched three major offensives to penetrate the Russian encirclement and relieve the 120,000 trapped in the besieged fortress. Drawing on myriad sources, historian Graydon A. Tunstall tells of the impossible conditions facing the garrison: starvation, "horse-meat" diets, deplorable medical care, prostitution, alcoholism, dismal morale, and a failed breakout attempt. By the time the fortress finally fell to the Russians on March 22, 1915, the Hapsburg Army had sustained 800,000 casualties; the Russians, over a million. The fortress, however, had served its purpose. Tunstall argues that the besieged garrison kept the Russian army from advancing farther and obliterating the already weakening Austro-Hungarian forces at the outset of the War to End All Wars.
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