Kursk 1943
By: Mark Healy
Series: Battle story; Battle story
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780752481289
Subjects: Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943
Description: In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front. It was an attempt to shorten the German lines by eliminating the Kursk salient - created after their defeat at Stalingrad - and was designed to result in the encirclement of the Red Army. In reality the German tanks came up against impenetrable Russian defences: minefields, artillery and anti-tank emplacements, spread through lines 250km deep and manned by Russian troops whose actions often verged on the suicidal. The greatest tank battle in history, Kursk assured the Nazis' defeat and was '
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Timeline; Historical Background; The Armies; The Days Before Battle; The German Offensive; The Legacy; Orders of Battle; Visiting the Battlefield; Further Reading; Copyright; Advert.