For nearly all of the Great War, the Jewish doctor Bernhard Bardach served with the Austro-Hungarian army in present-day Ukraine. His diaries from that period, unpublished and largely overlooked until now, represent a distinctive and powerful record of daily life on the Eastern Front. In addition to key events such as the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, Bardach also gives memorable descriptions of military personalities, refugees, food shortages, and the uncertainty and boredom that inescapably attended life on the front. Ranging from the critical first weeks of fighting to the ultimate collapse of the Austrian army, these meticulously written diaries comprise an invaluable eyewitness account of the Great War.
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Foreword: All Quiet on the Eastern Front: The War Diaries of Bernhard Bardach
Jay Winter
Acknowledgments
Note on Town Names
Translator’s Introduction
Introduction: Bernhard Bardach: A Biographical Sketch
Helmut Konrad
Chapter 1. 1914: Poland, Russia, Carpathians
Chapter 2. 1915: Carpathians, Gorlice-Tarnów, Southern and Western Ukraine
Chapter 3. 1916: The Brusilov Offensive and Its Aftermath
Chapter 4. 1917: Winter in Ukraine—Inspections—Blockade—Worsening Shortages
Chapter 5. 1918: Treaty of Brest Litovsk—Crippling Shortages—Piave—War’s End
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index
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