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The Siege of Budapest: 100 Days in World War II - Hardcover
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- Book Title
- Siege of Budapest : One Hundred Days in World War II
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Original Language
- Hungarian
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / Austria & Hungary, General
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 29.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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In the final six months of World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union focused on Hungary: Stalin demanded victory at all costs as a key to securing his European empire; Hitler ordered an unrelenting defense of Budapest in order to prolong his grip on Vienna and preserve the route to Berlin. Consequently, the siege of Budapest was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the entire war. Based on formerly inaccessible documents and several hundred interviews with Hungarian and German survivors, this is the first complete and unbiased account of the siege of Budapest. Street by street, day by day, Krisztin Ungvry describes the battle and its horrors in meticulous detail. One hundred and two days passed between the appearance of the first Soviet tank and the final capture of Buda Castle. More than 80,000 Soviet troops and 38,000 German and Hungarian soldiers were killed; about 38,000 Hungarian civilian lives were lost. Civilian casualties were extraordinarily high because the city's 800,000 noncombatant residents were never evacuated. This book represents a massive effort of historical reconstruction, and a major contribution to the history of World War II.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300104685
ISBN-13
9780300104684
eBay Product ID (ePID)
31007837
Product Key Features
Book Title
Siege of Budapest : One Hundred Days in World War II
Original Language
Hungarian
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Austria & Hungary, General
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
29.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LeafCats
378
Lc Classification Number
D765.562.B8u5413
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"This book provides the first acceptable assessment and analysis of the siege of Budapest, a monumental confrontation during the Second World War. Kriszti n Ungv ry makes use of a wealth of fresh historical evidence locked until recently in the secret archives of Russia and eastern Germany. He draws on the diaries and personal recollection of survivors, both civilian and soldiers . . . most of whom have never got over their experience. The result is excellent scholarship and gripping reading. . . . [It] deserves to be widely read."-Thomas Land, Times Literary Supplement, "This book provides the first acceptable assessment and analysis of the siege of Budapest, a monumental confrontation during the Second World War. KrisztiÁn UngvÁry makes use of a wealth of fresh historical evidence locked until recently in the secret archives of Russia and eastern Germany. He draws on the diaries and personal recollection of survivors, both civilian and soldiers . . . most of whom have never got over their experience. The result is excellent scholarship and gripping reading. . . . [It] deserves to be widely read."-Thomas Land,Times Literary Supplement, "The Siege of Budapest is an important and exciting contribution to World War II history. The siege was a crucial event in the final year of the war. No other European capital--apart from Berlin and Warsaw--suffered a similar fate. It is a source of endless horror as well as fascination to read about how more than 800,000 civilians, including well over 100,000 Jews in a ghetto or in hiding, coped while German and Red Army soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the very buildings they inhabited."--István Deák, Columbia University, "This book provides the first acceptable assessment and analysis of the siege of Budapest, a monumental confrontation during the Second World War. Krisztián Ungváry makes use of a wealth of fresh historical evidence locked until recently in the secret archives of Russia and eastern Germany. He draws on the diaries and personal recollection of survivors, both civilian and soldiers . . . most of whom have never got over their experience. The result is excellent scholarship and gripping reading. . . . [It] deserves to be widely read."-Thomas Land, Times Literary Supplement, "This book provides the first acceptable assessment and analysis of the siege of Budapest, a monumental confrontation during the Second World War. Krisztin Ungvry makes use of a wealth of fresh historical evidence locked until recently in the secret archives of Russia and eastern Germany. He draws on the diaries and personal recollection of survivors, both civilian and soldiers . . . most of whom have never got over their experience. The result is excellent scholarship and gripping reading. . . . [It] deserves to be widely read."-Thomas Land, Times Literary Supplement, "The Siege of Budapest is an important and exciting contribution to World War II history. The siege was a crucial event in the final year of the war. No other European capital--apart from Berlin and Warsaw--suffered a similar fate. It is a source of endless horror as well as fascination to read about how more than 800,000 civilians, including well over 100,000 Jews in a ghetto or in hiding, coped while German and Red Army soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the very buildings they inhabited."--Istvn Dek, Columbia University, "The Siege of Budapest is an important and exciting contribution to World War II history. The siege was a crucial event in the final year of the war. No other European capital--apart from Berlin and Warsaw--suffered a similar fate. It is a source of endless horror as well as fascination to read about how more than 800,000 civilians, including well over 100,000 Jews in a ghetto or in hiding, coped while German and Red Army soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the very buildings they inhabited."--Istv n De k, Columbia University
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
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Lccn
2004-015687
Dewey Decimal
940.54/213912
Dewey Edition
22
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