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Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, Estonia, Lettonia e Lituania si trovarono al centro della spietata lotta tra due giganti: la Germania nazista da una parte, l'Unione Sovietica dall'altra. Nel corso del conflitto le ex Repubbliche baltiche vennero ripetutamente occupate dagli eserciti delle due grandi potenze e tutti, dai governi locali fino all'ultimo dei cittadini, furono costretti a scegliere tra la collaborazione con gli invasori tedeschi o l'adesione alla resistenza antinazista. Devastati dall'invasione, i Paesi baltici divennero il campo di battaglia di alcuni tra i più sanguinosi combattimenti avvenuti sul fronte orientale, in special modo durante il contrattacco sovietico che permise poi all'Armata Rossa di giungere fino a Berlino. Molti sarebbero caduti nella dura lotta e in particolare nel corso dell'operazione Bagration in Curlandia, quando centinaia di migliaia di soldati combatterono e morirono nell'ultimo anno di guerra. Alla fine della guerra, morte e deportazione costarono agli Stati baltici il venti per cento della popolazione totale e, in seguito, l'occupazione sovietica fece scendere una cortina di ferro su quei territori per quattro interi decenni. Utilizzando fonti di prima mano, diari e resoconti di coloro che vissero quei tragici avvenimenti e attraverso dettagliate ricerche d'archivio, Prit Buttar ci offre un racconto magistrale delle lotte epocali che si svolsero tra il 1941 e il 1945 nei tre piccoli Stati baltici che, come volle il fato, furono travolti dalle alterne fortune di quell'immane conflitto.
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- Pagine: 528
- Data di uscita: 12-04-2018
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Auftragstaktik - military concept centered on achievement of a mission, which allowed junior officers to make decisions, in contrast to older, more rigid command and control systems. pgs 63-4 I really enjoyed this and learned a great deal. This was a well-written and well-researched endeavor on a les Leggi tutto
A detailed but clear account of events in the Baltic countries during World War II. It should probably not be surprising to me--but it is, somewhat--that there are still groups arguing over the narrative of this time in this place, or across the entire Eastern Front, for that matter. If you doubt it Leggi tutto
I am the grandchild of Lithuanian immigrants who came to the USA before the First World War, so this book filled in some historical gaps for me. The book tells the story of various communities in the Baltic states who had no good choices when it came to choosing a foreign patron. Perhaps the hardest Leggi tutto
"Between Giants" is the story of the Baltic states, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, during World War Two. When I was in school in the 60's, we were taught about these countries and how they were under the jackboot of Soviet control. I doubt if children are taught about things like this now, the proba Leggi tutto
A nice overview of the tensions (to use an understatement) in the region. Why many jews aligned with the Soviets (seeing how Hitler treated them), while most others in the region aligned with Hitler (seeing how the Soviets treated them during and after annexation). Something that Americans don't seen Leggi tutto
The Baltic region has always been one of the most strategic regions in northern Europe. Formerly the cockpit of conflict between the Swedish, Polish and Russian Empires as well as Lithuania, during WWII the Baltics were the scene of some of the fiercest fighting to take place between Germany and the Leggi tutto
A very good focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the end of WW1 to the end of WW2, most of the book focuses on WW2. Buttar did a great job covering the bad, the ugly, and the evil of the Eastern front and the complexity that soldiers found themselves in while their homes were being fought ov Leggi tutto
I wanted to like this book more, but the battle by battle pace didn't work for me. However, I appreciated the author's detached approach Maps were good, too. (Although more is always better.) And I really liked how he ended the book, showing that the issues of the war continued on into the end of last Leggi tutto
Mr. Buttar depicted Baltic states history in very readable form. Author gave us short background of region's history across the ages and showed the events which led to soviet occupation in pre-war years. Then we've got Barbarossa and soviet offensives from late 1943 till end of the war. Many people co Leggi tutto
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