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Author : Jean Restayn
Release : 2006
Genre : Operation Citadel
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Book Rating : 724/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Operation Citadel: The Battle in the North by : Jean Restayn
Download or read book Operation Citadel: The Battle in the North written by Jean Restayn. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robin Cross
Release : 1998
Genre : Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943
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Book Rating : 385/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Citadel by : Robin Cross
Download or read book Citadel written by Robin Cross. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lloyd Clark
Release : 2011-11-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 105/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Battle of the Tanks by : Lloyd Clark
Download or read book The Battle of the Tanks written by Lloyd Clark. This book was released on 2011-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive analysis of WWII’s greatest land battle and one of history’s greatest armor engagements.” —Publishers Weekly On July 5, 1943, the greatest land battle in history began when Nazi and Red Army forces clashed near the town of Kursk, on the western border of the Soviet Union. Code named “Operation Citadel,” the German offensive would cut through the bulge in the eastern front that had been created following Germany’s retreat at the Battle of Stalingrad. But the Soviets, well-informed about Germany’s plans through their network of spies, had months to prepare. Two million men supported by six thousand tanks, thirty-five thousand guns, and five thousand aircrafts convened in Kursk for an epic confrontation that was one of the most important military engagements in history, the epitome of “total war.” It was also one of the most bloody, and despite suffering seven times more casualties, the Soviets won a decisive victory that became a turning point in the war. With unprecedented access to the journals and testimonials of the officers, soldiers, political leaders, and citizens who lived through it, The Battle of the Tanks is the definitive account of an epic showdown that changed the course of history. “A stellar account of the Battle of Kursk in 1943.” —Booklist
Author : David Schranck
Release : 2014-01-19
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 542/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thunder at Prokhorovka by : David Schranck
Download or read book Thunder at Prokhorovka written by David Schranck. This book was released on 2014-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it. Operation Citadel was the intended means to fulfill that objective. If successful, a number of Soviet armies would be destroyed and the front line shortened, allowing for a better disposition of troops and a chance to rebuild Germany's exhausted reserves. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the operational events on both salients. It also includes critical analysis of both sides that points out errors of judgment or application that collectively had an important impact on campaign results. The book is highly annotated to give the reader additional sources to study and to provide additional perspectives to gain as complete an understanding of this critical campaign as possible. Besides an extensive text, the book's key strength is its mapping - 32 full-page color maps are accompanied by 7 large foldout sheets of maps, also in color. Together these specially commissioned maps provide a remarkably detailed guide to the combat operations. Thunder at Prokhorovka is destined to become an important reference to the Battle of Kursk.
Author : Mark Healy
Release : 2016-08-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 577/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Zitadelle by : Mark Healy
Download or read book Zitadelle written by Mark Healy. This book was released on 2016-08-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few battles attract interest so much as the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle, the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943, has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armour in the history of warfare. Long been depicted as the 'the swan song of the German tank arm' by virtue of the huge tank losses experienced by the Germans; the reality, in light of the emergence of new information proved it to be anything but, with historians previously accepting without question exaggerated Soviet accounts of the battle. For all the resources devoted to this operation by the Germans, Zitadelle was an abysmal failure; and whilst they were not outfought by the Red Army at Kursk, they were out-thought by commanders of outstanding quality. Zitadelle describes the German and Soviet tactics and explores the realities of the battles on sodden ground that culminated in the defeat of the panzers and the Soviet advance on the Reich.
