New insight into the East Front and Allied planning during the early World War I years.
This nonfiction volume presents a documentary-style narrative that traces strategic moves, battles, and the political work behind the fighting. It blends campaign detail with the diplomatic and logistical decisions that shaped the period, offering a careful, source-based view of how armies moved and leaders planned.
- Follow the German and Russian campaigns on the Polish front, including major clashes and turning points around Warsaw, Lodz, and the Vistula.
- See how supply, reinforcements, and terrain influenced outcomes, and how strategic choices affected the wider war.
- Examine secret agreements and contemporary discussions between military staffs and allied governments that shaped operations.
- Understand the challenges of coordinating multinational efforts and the role of intelligence in wartime planning.
Ideal for readers of military history, World War I studies, and documentary history that relies on primary sources.