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The Fortress: The Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe’s Bloodlands

by Alexander Watson

A prizewinning historian tells the dramatic story of the siege that changed the course of the First World War In September 1914, just a month into World War I, the Russian army laid siege to the fortress city of Przemysl, the Hapsburg Empire’s most important bulwark against invasion. For six months, against storm and starvation, the ragtag garrison bitterly

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

Feb 25, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

400

ISBN

9781541697300