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In Russia's Last Gasp, Prit Buttar looks at one of the bloodiest campaigns launched in the history of warfare - the Brusilov Offensive, sometimes known as the June Advance. With British, French, and German forces locked in a stalemate in the trenches of the Western Front, an attack was launched by the massed Russian armies to the east. The assault was intended to knock Austria-Hungary out of the war and divert German troops from the Western Front, easing the pressure on Russia's allies. 

Rusia fascina y atrae: con la misma fuerza que despierta admiración, genera rechazo y temores. ¿Qué sucedió en la historia rusa para producir pasiones tan encontradas? A partir de este interrogante, esta obra propone un recorrido por el pasado de esta nación que llegó a convertirse en una...