{"product_id":"retribution-9781472835352","title":"Retribution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar comes this paperback edition of his detailed and engrossing account of the World War II''s Eastern Front as German forces were driven back following the Battle of Kursk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers to bring this story to life, \u003ci\u003eRetribution\u003c\/i\u003e follows on from \u003ci\u003eOn A Knife''s Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, which described the encirclement and destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad and the offensives and counteroffensives that followed throughout the winter of 194243. Beginning towards the end of the Battle of Kursk, \u003ci\u003eRetribution \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the massive Soviet offensive that followed the end of Operation \u003ci\u003eZitadelle, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich saw depleted and desperate German troops forced out of Western Ukraine. In this title, critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar describes in detail the little-known series of near-constant battles that saw a weakened German army co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent strategic and operational analysis of this mostly ignored campaign... * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDramatis Personae\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e 1 – Summer 1943: The Decisive Shift 2 – The Mius 3 – Operation \u003ci\u003ePolkovodets Rumyantsev\u003c\/i\u003e 4 – Akhtyrka and Bogodukhov 5 – Kharkov 6 – Attrition: From the Mius and Donets to the Dnepr 7 – The Dnepr Bridgeheads 8 – Krivoy Rog 9 – Kiev and Zhitomir 10 – Year's End 11 - A Year of Decision \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867215671639,"sku":"9781472835352","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472835352.jpg?v=1722282249","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/retribution-9781472835352","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}