Prit Buttar is a British general practitioner and writer. He has written twelve history books on the eastern fronts of World War I and World War II, and two novels. Buttar was a Senior Partner at Abingdon Surgery until he moved to Scotland in late 2017.[1][2]
Prit Buttar | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | General Practitioner, Historian |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater | Oxford University, London University |
| Genre | History |
| Subject | World War I, World War II |
| Spouse | Debbie |
| Children | Dan, Lottie |
Buttar studied medicine at Oxford University and London University,[3][4] and served in the British Army as a surgeon[4] and medical officer for five years. He later worked in Bristol as a general practitioner (GP). Buttar worked as a GP in Abingdon-on-Thames from 2000 to 2017 and served on the GP's Committee of the British Medical Association. He is Chairman of the Oxfordshire Local Medical Committee.[3][5]
Buttar's first book, Battleground Prussia, was inspired by one of his patients. The 83-year-old patient recalled stories about her life as a nurse in East Prussia and her escape from the Red Army near the end of World War II.[5] Buttar spent 8 years writing the book.[6] His second book, Between Giants, is a study of the battles for the Baltics in WWII, and explores the experiences of people from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.[5]
His third book, Collision of Empires, is a study of the Eastern Front of World War I. It is the first of a four volume series.[7] Before writing the book, Buttar spent a year studying archives in Berlin, Vienna, and Freiberg. With the help of another historian, the multi-lingual Buttar was able to translate the German archives.[8] The second book of the series, Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915, was released in 2015.[9]
In 2023, Buttar appeared on the history-centered podcast, Out of the Box with Jonathan Russo.[10]
Buttar is of Indian descent.[11] He is married to Debbie, an army nurse. They have two children.[5][8]
- There Stood A Soldier: A Novel of Stalingrad. 2005. Lulu Press. ISBN 9781411656390
- Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944–45. 2010. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781849081900
- Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II. 2013. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781780961637
- Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914. 2014. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781782006480
- Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915. 2015. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472807953
- Russia's Last Gasp: The Eastern Front 1916-17. 2016. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472812766
- The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21. 2017. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472819857
- Old Friends: A story of love. 2017. Amazon Publishing. ASIN B0777NX8GR
- On a Knife's Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943. 2018. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472828347
- Retribution: The Soviet Reconquest of Central Ukraine, 1943. 2019. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472835321
- The Reckoning: The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944. 2020. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472837912
- Meat Grinder: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942–43. 2022. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472851819
- Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust. 2023. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781398115156
- To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42. 2023. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472856555
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