Russia's Last Gasp Serbian History far from being a sideshow

far from being a sideshow to the war in Europe

Eyewitness World War I takes an in-depth look at the battles fought

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Set in the closing months of World War I

Russia's Last Gasp Serbian History far from being a sideshowDescription by Prit Buttar Paperback The first years of the Great War were dismal for the Russians, fraught with strategic failures and heavy losses. The Brusilov Offensive, however, turned the tide in the east as the attack on Austria Hungary forced Germany to divert western forces. This intimate timeline of the "June Advance" tracks the campaign which, despite once again proving devastating in human loss numbers, featured new and innovative tactics