Operation Zitadelle 1943 : the greatest tank battle
Healy, Mark, 1953-2023
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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 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, 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.
Main title:
Operation Zitadelle 1943 : the greatest tank battle / Mark Healy.
Author:
Healy, Mark, 1953-, author
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2023.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as Zitadelle. 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781803993430 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
2625015
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