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Stalin’s brutal push west: war’s end, empire’s beginning.
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Into the Reich

The Red Army’s advance to the Oder in 1945

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  • Hardcover

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    13 January 2026

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Summary

Enriched by extraordinary first-hand accounts, this is a fascinating history of the dying days of the Third Reich as Stalin sought to consolidate his own empire.

In January 1945, the Red Army launched a powerful offensive across the Vistula River to drive the Wehrmacht out of Poland, with the intention of securing a start line for an operation that would ultimately result in the capture of Berlin and the end of the war. But, as Prit Buttar expertly reveals, there were…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472866998
ISBN-10:1472866991
Author:Prit Buttar
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Osprey Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:13 January 2026
Weight:695g
Dimensions:46mm x 158mm x 236mm
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Into the Reich by Prit Buttar - ISBN: 9781472866998
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Critics Review

A gripping continuation of Buttar’s study of the Eastern Front, detailing the Soviet Vistula-Oder offensive in 1945. * Classic Military Vehicle, Top Books of 2025 *

About The Author

Prit Buttar

Prit Buttar is a retired doctor who has written extensively on the Eastern Front in both World Wars. His books have been translated into Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Hungarian, and Chinese. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his most recent titles include a critically acclaimed two-volume series on the siege of Leningrad.

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