"Looking for WWI books on the Balkans" Topic
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79thPA | 06 Feb 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
I am looking for book recommendations on the Austro-Hungarian Empire's invasion of the Balkans. What is out there in English? Thanks. |
JonFreitag | 06 Feb 2019 12:33 p.m. PST |
James Lyon's Serbia and the Balkan Front, 1914 is excellent. I have a review on Palousewargamingjournal.blogspot.com. |
79thPA | 06 Feb 2019 1:39 p.m. PST |
Thanks. I'll pick up a copy. |
rick32 | 06 Feb 2019 2:29 p.m. PST |
I have two recommendations: First, Prit Buttar's WWI Eastern Front series, it covers all aspects of the eastern front to include the Balkan's with wonderful insight into the various armies, war time aims, tactics and strategies as well as what they all went through. Pick up the paper copies vs Kindle so you can easily navigate the passages you find relevant to the Balkans or just read cover to cover, it is that good. For the first year of the war, I would also recommend Max Hastings ‘Catastrophe' great section on the Austrian invasion of Serbia. |
Ed von HesseFedora | 06 Feb 2019 3:45 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Prit Buttar. Excellent books. |
79thPA | 06 Feb 2019 6:49 p.m. PST |
Thank you. I'll look those up. |
khanscom | 06 Feb 2019 6:53 p.m. PST |
Historical fiction-- not history-- but you might check out ""A Time of Death" and "Reach to Eternity" by Dobrica Cosic. Epic novels of the invasion of Serbia During WWI-- I enjoyed them. |
79thPA | 07 Feb 2019 4:40 p.m. PST |
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Tinned Stew | 08 Feb 2019 5:48 p.m. PST |
Second Max Hastings' Catastrophe. Also check out Wawro's similarly titled A Mad Catastrophe… |
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