Prussian Apocalypse Fall Danzig by Kieser Egbert (18 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Egbert Kieser's graphic account of the Red Army's assault on East Prussia in 1945 is one of the classic histories of the destruction of Hitler's Germany, and it has never before been available in English. Using extensive, first-hand, unforgettable eyewitness testimony, he documents in riveting detail the catastrophe that overtook German civilians and soldiers as they fled from the Soviet onslaught and their world collapsed around them. Tony Le Tissier, in this fluent and vivid translation of the original German text, brings to bear all his expert knowledge of the military defeat of the German armies in the East and the enormity of the human disaster that went with it. Egbert Kieser was born in1928 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringen and studied philosophy and the history of art at Heidelberg University. He worked as a freelance journalist, writer and editor. Among his many publications are two outstanding studies of German Second World War history - Danziger Bucht 1945 (which is translated here as Prussian Apocalypse) and Operation Sea Lion: The German Plan to Invade Britain, 1940.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Egbert Kieser's graphic account of the Red Army's assault on East Prussia in 1945 is one of the classic histories of the destruction of Hitler's Germany, and it has never before been available in English. Using extensive, first-hand, unforgettable eyewitness testimony, he documents in riveting detail the catastrophe that overtook German civilians and soldiers as they fled from the Soviet onslaught and their world collapsed around them. Tony Le Tissier, in this fluent and vivid translation of the original German text, brings to bear all his expert knowledge of the military defeat of the German armies in the East and the enormity of the human disaster that went with it. Egbert Kieser was born in1928 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringen and studied philosophy and the history of art at Heidelberg University. He worked as a freelance journalist, writer and editor. Among his many publications are two outstanding studies of German Second World War history - Danziger Bucht 1945 (which is translated here as Prussian Apocalypse) and Operation Sea Lion: The German Plan to Invade Britain, 1940.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Book Club.

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1st edition. 8vo. [xii] + 221pp. Maps. Original boards. Pictorial brown d/w. lettered in white. D/w. neatly reinforced on verso to tail of spine. ISBN 1848846746 US$13.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket.; The Red Army's assault on East Prussia in early 1945. Translated from the German 'Danziger Bucht 1945: Dokumentation einer Katastrophe'. Maps.; 221 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. book club edition edition. 240 pages. 10.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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1st edition dust jacket As New octavo x + 221pp., maps, plans, sources, An account of the Red Army's assault on East Prussia & one of the classic histories of the destruction of Hitler's Germany. First time in English translation.

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo x + 221pp., maps, plans, sources, An account of the Red Army's assault on East Prussia & one of the classic histories of the destruction of Hitler's Germany. First time in English translation.