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Written in Blood - The Battles for Fortress Przemysl in WWI (Hardcover)
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Written in Blood - The Battles for Fortress Przemysl in WWI (Hardcover)
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Bloodier than Verdun, the battles for Fortress Przemysl 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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