Kursk 1943
By: Mark Healy
Series: Battle story; Battle story
Publisher: The History Press; Spellmount
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780752480565
Subjects: Campaigns; Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943; World War, 1939-1945
Description: In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front. This title gives a clear, concise account of those dramatic days in 1943, supported by a timeline of events and orders of battle, and illustrated with over 50 photographs.
Table of contents: title: Historical background.; title: Conceiving the plans: Rastenburg and the Kremlin --; title: The battlefield -- -- The armies.; title: The commanders --; title: The soldiers --; title: The kit -- -- The days before battle.; title: The German plan --; title: The preparatory period, April-5 July --; title: The citadel --; title: The German tactics -- -- The German offensive.; title: 5 July Zitadelle begins --; title: 6-11 July 4th Panzer Army --; title: 6-12 July Ninth Army --; title: 12-17 July Prokhorovka -- -- The legacy.; title: The cost.