The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often
overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity
of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and
Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and
ultimately as important to the final outcome of the war. Now, with the
work of internationally renowned Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this
fascinating story of the unknown side of the First World War is finally
being told.
In Germany Ascendant, Buttar examines the critical events of 1915, as
the German Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive triggered the collapse of Russian
forces, coming tantalizingly close to knocking Russia out of the war
altogether. Throughout the year, German dominance on the Eastern Front
grew--but stubborn Russian resistance forced the continuation of a
two-front war that would drain Germany's reserves of men and equipment.
From the bitter fighting in the Carpathian Mountains, where the cragged
peaks witnessed thousands of deaths and success was measured in feet and
inches, to the sweeping advances through Serbia where the capital
Belgrade was seized, to the almost medieval battle for the fortress of
Przemysl, this is a staggeringly ambitious history of some the most
important moments of the First World War.
