The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21

The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21Description By Prit Buttar Paperback At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than Russia. After the February Revolution, Russia's ability to wage war faltered and her last desperate gamble, the Kerensky Offensive, saw the final collapse of her army. This helped trigger the Bolshevik Revolution and a crippling peace, but the Central Powers had no opportunity to

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Arnold Bennett's Over There vividly captures the essence of the Western Front during World War I

His work at the Western Front was forgotten

In August 1917

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