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Download or read book Images of Kursk written by Nik Cornish and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illustrations in this text meld the exciting historical commentary, the first-hand accounts of soldiers on both sides and the factual information, into an atmospheric and coherent account of one of the most pivotal battles of World War 2.
Book Synopsis The Battle of Kursk by : Valeriy Zamulin
Download or read book The Battle of Kursk written by Valeriy Zamulin and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, noted historian of the Battle of Kursk Valeriy Zamulin, the author of multiple Russian-language books on the Battle of Kursk and Destroying the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative takes a fresh look at several controversial and neglected topics regarding the battle and its run-up. He starts with a detailed look at the Soviet and Russian historiography on the battle, showing how initially promising research was swamped by Party dogma and censorship during the Brezhnev area, before being resumed with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Zamulin then transitions to discussions of how the southern shoulder of the Kursk bulge was formed, preparations for the battle on both sides, and the size and composition of Model’s Ninth Army. He then examines such controversial topics as whether or not the II SS Panzer Corps was aware of the pending Soviet counterattack at Prokhorovka, and the effectiveness of the Soviet preemptive barrage that struck the German troops that were poised to attack. Zamulin also discusses whether or not General Vatutin, the Commander-in-Chief of Voronezh Front, erred when arranging his defenses. Zamulin also takes a look at how the myth of 1,500 tanks colliding on a narrow strip of farm fields became perpetuated in Soviet and foreign history books, when in fact it was impossible for the 5th Guards Tank Army’s tanks to attack in massive wave after wave due to the constrictions of the terrain. Zamulin also reveals incidents of the battle that were long kept “behind the curtain” by Soviet censorship. For example, the 183rd Rifle Division defending the Prokhorovka axis was repeatedly struck by friendly aircraft, and a Soviet tank counterattack overran the positions of one of its battalions. Zamulin discusses other cases of fratricide in the Voronezh Front, including the death of one of the 1st Tank Army’s foremost tank commanders in a friendly fire incident. In the process, he reveals that a wave of suicides swept through the junior command staff of the 5th Guards Tank Army immediately prior to the famous counteroffensive on 12 July 1943. All in all, Valeriy Zamulin with this collection of essays and articles, two of which have been reprinted from the Journal of Slavic Military History, makes a new contribution to our knowledge and understanding of this pivotal, epochal battle of the Second World War.
Book Synopsis Battle of Kursk, 1943 by : Hans Seidler
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."
Download or read book A Time to Die written by Robert Moore and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the August 12, 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, detailing the fate of the twenty-three men trapped inside through an hour-by-hour account of the tragedy and chronicling the dramatic--and ultimately futile--efforts to rescue the crew. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
Download or read book Kursk written by Peter Truscott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-10-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the Russian Navy's greatest peace-time disaster, the sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk. On August 12, 2000, the Russian Navy experienced a devastating catastrophe as the nuclear-powered Kursk submarine, manned by a 118-member crew, sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea. Peter Truscott examines Russia's failure to respond to the crisis and explains this tragedy in Kursk, providing countless interviews with relatives of the crew and experts. The result is a fascinating, vivid recreation of the terrible final hours of the crew as they waited in vain for rescue--an illustration of human courage, human failing, and the tragic repercussions.
Download or read book Kursk Down written by Clyde Burleson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking, tragic true story of a strange explosion that wreaked havoc on a Russian nuclear submarine. The true story of the sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000. Hailed as "unsinkable, " the "Kursk" was on maneuvers when mysterious explosions rocked the sub, causing it to sink to the bottom of the sea with its 118-man crew. This in-depth look at the disaster reveals previously unreleased information from family members of the deceased as well as from government officials.
Book Synopsis The Battle of Prokhorovka by : Christopher A. Lawrence
Download or read book The Battle of Prokhorovka written by Christopher A. Lawrence and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces under Erich von Manstein--one of Germany’s best generals--launched a massive attack in an offensive code-named Citadel. A week later, the Soviets counterattacked, sparking a huge clash of tanks at Prokhorovka, the largest armor battle in history, pitting more than 600 Soviet tanks against some 300 German panzers. Though the Germans gained a tactical victory, destroying huge numbers of Soviet tanks, they failed to achieve their objectives, and in the end the battle marked a turning point on the Eastern Front. The Red Army gained the strategic initiative and would not lose it.
Book Synopsis The Battle of Kursk 1943 by : VALERIY. ZAMULIN
Download or read book The Battle of Kursk 1943 written by VALERIY. ZAMULIN and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kursk written by M. K. Barbier and published by Great Battles. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1943, the German Army launched what proved to be its last great offensive on the Eastern Front. Kursk is a comprehensive history of the last time that Germany held the strategic initiative in the war against the Soviet Union. Kursk shows how a bitter struggle developed between the German and Soviet forces, which sucked in huge numbers of ta
Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Ian Baxter and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of World War II’s largest tank battle that went down near the Russian city. In the summer of 1943, Nazi Germany launched Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), aimed at cutting off Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. This offensive resulted in the Battle of Kursk. Kursk quickly became a fierce contest of attrition, as Wehrmacht and elite Waffen-SS Panzer-Divisions with their powerful Tiger and Panther tanks unsuccessfully tried to hammer their way through the intricate lines of strong Soviet defensive positions. What followed was unabated fighting for two weeks as German units were slowly and systematically ground down in a series of brutal armored battles. During this ferocious fighting the Red Army savagely contested every foot of ground, finally ending German invincibility forever. For the first time in its short history, the blitzkrieg concept had failed. The reverberations caused by the defeat at Kursk were immense, and never again did the German war machine go on the offensive in the East. Stiff defensive action was now the stratagem placed upon the dwindling Panzerwaffe right to the gates of Berlin. With comprehensive captions and text, Kursk 1943 tells the story of this dramatic battle using rare and unpublished photographs, maps, and highly detailed artist profiles. The book reveals the events leading up to the battle in the first half of 1943 and the buildup of forces by both sides before their climatic showdown at Kursk.
Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Robert Forczyk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mauled at Stalingrad, the German army looked to regain the initiative on the Eastern Front with a huge offensive launched near the city of Kursk, 280 miles south-west of Moscow. Armed with the new Panther tank, Hitler and Field Marshal von Manstein were confident that they could inflict another crushing defeat on the Soviet Union. What they did not know is that the Soviets knew about the coming attack, and they were ready. This book focuses on the southern front of this campaign, which featured one of the biggest clash of armour of the warin the battle of Prokhorovka which involved over a thousand tanks. It examines in detail the tactics and mistakes of the army commanders as they orchestrated one of the bloodiest battles in World War II. Using campaign maps, stunning photographs and vivid artwork, this new study, a companion to Campaign 272 Kursk 1943: The Northern Front, examines whether that the German offensive was doomed from the start as it takes the reader through this titanic clash of armour.
Book Synopsis Operation Zitadelle 1943 by : Mark Healy
Download or read book Operation Zitadelle 1943 written by Mark Healy and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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, Operation Zitadelle 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's scale and barbarity eclipsed all other clashes in Europe. In this book, historian Mark Healy gives a clear, concise account of those dramatic days in 1943.
Book Synopsis Raising the Kursk by : Hans Offringa
Download or read book Raising the Kursk written by Hans Offringa and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis III. Pz. Korps at Kursk by : Didier Lodieu
Download or read book III. Pz. Korps at Kursk written by Didier Lodieu and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Kursk was one of the greatest confrontations of the Eastern Front of World War Two. It was the largest armoured engagement of all time, and included the most costly day of aerial conflict in history. This volume traces the course of the battle and the involvement of the German Panzer units throughfirst hand records.
Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Roman Toeppel and published by Helion. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was one of the greatest battles in military history involving more than 3 million soldiers, 10,000 tanks and 8,000 aircraft. While many books have been written on this allegedly most decisive battle of the Second World War, many legends live on, above all because of misleading information that recur in most publications - even in the most recent ones. Based on almost 20 years of research reassessing the primary sources, Roman Toeppel sheds light on the phase of decision-making, the preparations and the development of the battle in an engaging style that grips the reader's attention from the first page on. The author concentrates on little-known developments and events leading the reader to astonishing results. He also gives entirely new insights into the historiographic appraisal of this battle, putting thoroughly researched facts against erroneous popular beliefs, myths and legends that have been passed down among historians for generations.
Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Anders Frankson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle at Kursk in 1943 is often referred to as the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare. This volume makes extensive use of German archival documents as well as various Russian books and articles. As well as an account of the battle, it addresses methodological issues.
Download or read book Kursk 1943 written by Robert Forczyk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kursk campaign was the major German offensive of 1943 and the last strategic offensive the Germans were to launch on the Eastern Front in World War II. In the summer of 1943, recoiling from defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler conducted a limited objective offensive to eliminate the Soviet Kursk salient. Operating a classic pincer attack of the kind that succeeded during the 1942 Kharkov campaign he hoped that the resulting heavy losses inflicted on the Red Army would give the Wehrmacht time to recover its strength. However, the Soviet anticipation of the attack led to extensive losses on both sides as Soviet anti-tank mines and fierce fighting pushed the Germans back, liberating the German-held Orel in the process. Focusing on the northern front of the battle with Generaloberst, Walter Model's forces pitted against General Rokossovsky's Central Front between 5 July and 18 August, this volume will explore both the German offensive and the Soviet counteroffensive. Using documents from both sides, extensive photographs – both contemporary and modern, maps and bird's-eye-views this title will shed new light on this often ignored part of the battle.
