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The Battle for Budapest 1944 - 1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Anthony Tucker-Jones
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Description for The Battle for Budapest 1944 - 1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Paperback. Photographic history of the struggle for Budapest, one of the key battles fought during the closing months of the Second World War Num Pages: 128 pages, 160 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JJH; AJC; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 190 x 12. Weight in Grams: 418.
The desperate struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for Budapest in 1944 and 1945 was as lethal and destructive as any of the urban battles fought during the Second World War. The losses of men and equipment sustained by the Germans were so great that they hastened the collapse of Hitler's regime. Yet what happened in Budapest is less well remembered today than other flashpoints in the conflict on the Eastern Front. Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating and graphic introduction to this neglected episode in the closing months of the war. The battle began with Operation ... Read more
The desperate struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for Budapest in 1944 and 1945 was as lethal and destructive as any of the urban battles fought during the Second World War. The losses of men and equipment sustained by the Germans were so great that they hastened the collapse of Hitler's regime. Yet what happened in Budapest is less well remembered today than other flashpoints in the conflict on the Eastern Front. Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating and graphic introduction to this neglected episode in the closing months of the war. The battle began with Operation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473877320
SKU
V9781473877320
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Anthony Tucker-Jones
Anthony Tucker-Jones is a former defence intelligence officer and a widely published expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armoured and aerial warfare. He is the author of over twenty books including Falaise: The Flawed Victory, Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944, Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front, The Soviet-Afghan War, Tiger I & Tiger II, T-34: The Red ... Read more
Reviews for The Battle for Budapest 1944 - 1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Packed with black and white photographs, this book is broken down into eight chapters including 'Hungarian Turning Point', Skorzeny's Panzerfaust', 'SS Trapped in Budapest' and 'Tolbukhin's Masterstroke'. In typical Tucker-Jones style there is no holding back with casualty and burial photographs and scenes of shattered Budapest are ten a plenty. They are all part of the story, but there is ... Read more