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Zitadelle The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Author:
Mark Healy
ISBN:
9780750979573
Related ISBNs:
9780752457161, 9780752457161
Publisher:
The History Press Limited
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-04-28
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2010
Copyright by:
Mark Healy 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction