
The Battle of Kursk
Operation Citadel 1943
Robin Cross(Author)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 25. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-14-139109-0 (ISBN)
Description
Citadel was the codename for the German attack on Kursk in 1943, and it was the last major German offensive to be launched in the east in an attempt to regain impetus after the battle of Stalingrad. However, the advantage had swung towards the Soviet forces and they never let it go. Following the Battle of Kursk, they not only seized the strategic initiative but also established an inexorably growing momentum which culminated in the fall of Berlin nearly two years later. The German thrusts were contained within tatalizing grasp of success, after which the Red Army delivered a series of crushing counterblows which drove the Wermacht back beyond the Dneiper. Hitler had gambled all on a single throw and had lost. Kursk was the greatest clash of armoured forces in history, and the decisive land battle of World War II. This title examines what happened in Operation Citadel.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
28 b&w photographs, maps, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-139109-0 (9780141391090)
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Person
Robin Cross is a distinguished military historian and is the author of VE Day: Victory in Europe and The Bombers: Strategy and Tactics. He was the Consultant Editor of The Guinness Encyclopedia of Warfare.
Content
Crisis in the south; the dictators; the vanishing army; red army rising; the tug of war; digging in; the dogfight; Prokhorovka; retreat to the Dnieper; appendices.