The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl 0241309069, 9780241309063

From the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrib

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The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl
 0241309069, 9780241309063

Table of contents :
List of Illustrations

Map
1. Przemysl 1914
2. Eastern Front, August 1914
3. The Home Bases of Fortress Przemyśl’s Garrison throughout Austria-Hungary
4. The Galician Bloodlands

Acknowledgements

Introduction
1 A Broken Army
2 ‘The Heroes’
3 Storm
4 Barrier
5 Isolation
6 Starvation
7 Armageddon
Epilogue: Into the Dark
Appendix I: The Organization of the Habsburg Army in 1914
Appendix II: The Organization of the Russian Army in 1914
Illustrations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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