List of Maps
Dramatis Personae
Preface
Introduction
1: The Protagonists
2: The Kirovograd Encirclement
3: Watutin and the Cherkassy-Korsun Encirclement
4: Another Stalingrad
5: Mud, Snow and Hill 239
6: Kamanets-Podolski: The Encirclement of First Panzer Army
7: Malinovsky’s Offensive
8: The Wandering Pocket
9: The Crimean Peninsula
10: The End of the Leash
11: Preparing for Summer
12: The Lviv-Sandomierz Operation
13: The Disintegrating Axis
14: The Approaching Endgame
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A detailed and engrossing account of the fighting in Ukraine in 1944, making use of the extensive memoirs of German and Russian soldiers involved in the fighting, as well as partisans behind the German lines, to bring the story to life.
Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining
the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as
a GP, first near Bristol and then in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He is
extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and
national level, and served on the GPs' Committee of the British
Medical Association.
An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military
history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed
Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front
1944–45 (Osprey 2010) and Between Giants: The Battle for the
Baltics in World War II (Osprey 2013) and a definitive four-part
series on the Eastern Front in World War I which concluded with The
Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21 (2017). He now lives
in Kirkcudbright in Scotland.
The Reckoning reinforces Prit Buttar's standing as a leading
authority on modern warfare in Eastern Europe. If you find the
scale and complexity of the Eastern Front battles daunting, pick up
a copy, relax and let Prit Buttar lead the way... totally absorbing
narrative.
*Mike Peters, Chairman, International Guild of Battlefield
Guides*
The panorama of the WWII Eastern Front is so huge, it's often
difficult to comprehend. Dr Prit Buttar has nailed it through his
judicious blend of the strategic and tactical – commanders’ debates
and soldiers’ experiences. At times this is Sven Hassell brought
vividly to life. The Reckoning is well-balanced throughout, fair to
both sides, employing the widest range of Russian and German
sources I've ever seen. Long overdue, I am sure it will replace all
previous accounts of Army Group South.
*Peter Caddick-Adams, author and broadcaster*
A masterful account of the war in the East.
*The Armourer*
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