Between Giants

Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP, first near Bristol and then in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He is extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level, and served on the GPs' Committee of the British Medical Association. He has appeared on national TV and radio, speaking on a variety of medical issues. He contributes regularly to the medical press.An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his previous books include the critically acclaimed Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944–45 (Osprey 2010) and Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II (Osprey 2013) and a definitive four-part series on the Eastern Front in World War I which concluded with The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21 (2017). He now lives in Kirkcudbright in Scotland.

'A powerful pick... It comes packed with action shots and photos, first-hand accounts from soldiers on both sides - most of which have never appeared in English... No military collection strong in World War II should be without this specific, in-depth analysis.' The Midwest Book Review Praise for Prit Buttar 'a marvelously written and illustrated new work with excellent maps on a series of battles too long overlooked... [it[ deserves to be read by any true devotee of World War II.' Military Advisor

• List of Illustrations List of MapsAuthor’s NoteDramatis PersonaePrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Molotov, Ribbentrop and the First Soviet OccupationChapter 2: Rosenberg, Generalplan Ost and Preparations for BarbarossaChapter 3: The Wehrmacht in Full FloodChapter 4: The Baltic HolocaustChapter 5: Reluctant AlliesChapter 6: Narva, January to April 1944Chapter 7: Breaking the Deadlock: Summer 1944Chapter 8: From Doppelkopf to CäsarChapter 9: The Isolation of Army Group NorthChapter 10: Courland, October to December 1944Chapter 11: EndgameChapter 12: AftermathAppendix 1: Place Names Appendix 2: RanksAppendix 3: AcronymsAppendix 4: Foreign termsEndnotesBibliographyExtract from Battleground PrussiaIndex