Meat Grinder: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942-43

An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers.

Prit Buttar is an established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history. His most recent publication was The Reckoning: The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944 (Osprey, 2020) which was described as a ’masterful account’ by critics. Prit originally studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. He latterly worked as a General Practitioner for several years. He now writes exclusively from his home in rural Scotland.