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. Dr. Buttar was Senior Partner at Abingdon Surgery until he moved to Scotland in late 2017.^[1][2]

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 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. Their daughter studied History at Cambridge University.^[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