Notes of the military doctor of the Russian Imperial Army, the secret adviser V.P. Kravkova about the First World War is published for the first time. This is a unique monument of the era, conveying to the reader a lively voice of a direct participant in military events. The author had a witness to the battles of the Battle of Galicia in 1914, the August operation of 1915, the strategic retreat of Russian troops in the summer of 1915, fights near Riga in the spring and summer of 1916 and the unsuccessful June offensive of 1917 on the southwestern front. On the pages of the book there are many previously unknown details of significant historical events, gleaned by the author from personal conversations with the Grand Dukes, military leaders of the Russian army, public figures, officers and soldiers.
Author
Kravkov Vasily Pavlovich
Editor
Semenov K.K.
Publisher
Veche, 2016
Series
Military memoirs
Genre
The history of wars
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