Watson, Alexander. 2021. Il grande assedio di Przemyśl: 1914. Storia di una battaglia dimenticata [The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl - Italian edition]. Milan: Rizzoli. ISBN 9788817155007 [Book]

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The Italian edition of 'The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl'

In the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the western and eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the west this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the east all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.

The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the west, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.

Item Type:	Book
Keywords:	World War I, Przemysl, siege, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, anti-Semitism
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	History
Date:	9 March 2021
Item ID:	31216
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2022 10:01
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2022 10:24
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31216

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