Flashpoint Trieste : the first battle of the Cold War /

This is the inside story of how Trieste found itself poised on a knife edge at the end of World War II. Situated near the boundaries of Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia, this pivotal port city was caught in May 1945 between advancing Allied, Russian and Yugoslav armies on the strategically vital front...

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Main Author: Jennings, Christian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lebanon, New Hampshire : ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, [2017]
Edition:ForeEdge edition.
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Summary:This is the inside story of how Trieste found itself poised on a knife edge at the end of World War II. Situated near the boundaries of Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia, this pivotal port city was caught in May 1945 between advancing Allied, Russian and Yugoslav armies on the strategically vital front lines of the nascent Cold War. Germany lay defeated, and now there were new enemies, Russia and Communism. Told through the stories of twelve men and women from seven different countries, Flashpoint Trieste chronicles, on a human scale, the beginning of the Cold War.
Item Description:Originally published in Great Britain in 2017 by Osprey Publishing.
Physical Description:304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781512601725
1512601721