"Eastern Front" Topic

A war I know next to nothing about. Can anyone recommend any books to start reading Russia fighting Austria Hungary and Germany? Also any recommendations for reading on the Balkans would be gratefully received.

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Norman Stone wrote 'Russia 1914-1917' or something like that, sorry I own the book but don't have it with me now.

I would suggest the Prit Buttar book Collision of Empires, a more detailed account of the eastern front in 1914.

Yes, agree with Johnp4000, that's a good read too.

Quite specific but Showalters Battle of Tanneberg is excellent for the early clash between the Germans and Russians in 1914.

in Time Portal Passages magazine we did a special issue on the Balkans Wars of 1912-13. Later we did articles as part of a series called the War that would not end. It covered the Trans-caucus and other actions in the area after WW1 into the 1920s.

Another vote for the Pritt Buttar books… there's also 'Germany Ascendant 1915').

The Norman Stone book is a classic. The newer David Stone book 'Russian Army in the great war' is also very good.

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For the Balkan Wars

Hall, Richard (2000)The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War (Warfare and History)

Hooton, Edward Robert (2014)Prelude to the First World War: The Balkan Wars 1912-1913

Erickson, Edward(2003)Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913

The Osprey book is also a good intro.

For the Balkan Front in WW1

Lyon, James (2015)Serbia and the Balkan Front, 1914: The Outbreak of the Great War

For Austria

Schindler, John (2015)Fall of the Double Eagle: The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary

Gumz (2009)The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia, 1914-1918: Volume 1

DiNardo (2015)Invasion: The Conquest of Serbia, 1915

Hall (1996)Bulgaria's Road to the First World War

Also while not technically what you asked for the following book is a treasure.

Cornwall, Mark (2000) The Undermining of Austria-Hungary: The Battles for Hearts and Minds