Operation Zitadelle 1943

Author : Mark Healy
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750979577
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zitadelle written by Mark Healy and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 744 pages. 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.

Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operation "Zitadelle" July 1943 written by Franz Kurowski and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2. Verdenskrig. Slaget ved Kursk juli 1943. Beskrivelse af et af de mest afgørende panserslag på Østfronten under 2. VK. både den russiske og tyske planlægning samt selve slaget belyses detaljeret.

Author : Mark Healy
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781803993430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operation Zitadelle 1943 written by Mark Healy and published by History Press. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, accessible account of the greatest tank battle in history 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 defenses: 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 'the swan song of the German tank arm'. Involving over 9,000 tanks, 5,000 aircraft, 35,000 guns and mortars, 2.7 million troops and 230,000 casualties, the Battle of Kursk was a conflict whose scale and barbarity eclipsed all other clashes in Europe. This book 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 fifty photographs.

Author : Lloyd Clark
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802195105
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of the Tanks written by Lloyd Clark and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 460 pages. 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 : Anthony Tucker-Jones
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750988525
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Anthony Tucker-Jones and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1943, as war raged along the Eastern Front, the German forces attempted to push further east in the brutal Operation Citadel, which saw one of the largest armoured clashes in history: the Battle of Prokhorovka. Countered by two Soviet attacks, this operation saw the tide turn on the Eastern Front. For the first time a German offensive was halted in its tracks and the Soviets ended the conflict as the decisive victors. With a loss of over 200,000 men on both sides, this two-month clash was one of the costliest of the war. In this dramatic study, Anthony Tucker-Jones reassesses this decisive tank battle through the eyes of those who fought, using translated first-person accounts. Kursk 1943 is one volume that no military history enthusiast should be without.

Author : David Schranck
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1909384542
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thunder at Prokhorovka written by David Schranck and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2014-01-19 with total page 560 pages. 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 : David M. Glantz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135233179
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Kursk, 1943 written by David M. Glantz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers detailed information about the Red Army's preparation for and conduct of the Battle of Kursk, the nature of the war on the German Eastern Front, and on the range of horrors that have characterized warfare in the 20th century.

Author : Robin Cross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760708385
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citadel written by Robin Cross and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hans Seidler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783038284
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battle of Kursk, 1943 written by Hans Seidler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The greatest tank battle in world history, known as Operation CITADEL, opened during the early hours of 5 July 1943, and its outcome was to decide the eventual outcome of the war on the Eastern Front. Images of War—Battle of Kursk 1943, is an illustrated account of this pivotal battle of the war on the Eastern Front, when the Germans threw 900,000 men and 2,500 tanks against 1,300,000 soldiers and 3,000 tanks of the Red Army in a savage battle of attrition.Unlike many pictorial accounts of the war on the Eastern Front, Battle of Kursk 1943 draws upon both German and Russian archive material, all of which are rare or unpublished. The images convey the true scale, intensity and horror of the fighting at Kursk, as the Germans tried in vain to batter their way through the Soviet defensive systems. The battle climaxed at the village of Prokhorovka, which involved some 1,000 tanks fighting each other at pointblank range.During this vicious two week battle the Red Army dealt the Panzerwaffe a severe battering from which the German war effort was never to recover fully. Kursk finally ended the myth of German invincibility."

Author : Mark Healy
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Mark Healy and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kursk was the greatest tank battle of the Second World War, and the decisive last major German offensive in the East. German thrusts penetrated deep into the immense Soviet defenses, but were turned back and never recovered the initiative for the rest of the war.