Kursk 1943
The Southern Front
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…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Turner, Graham (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-1691-7
- EAN: 9781472816917
- Produktnummer: 22503199
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 60'450 KB
- Abbildungen: 4 col
Über den Autor
Robert Forczyk has a PhD in International Relations and National Security from the University of Maryland and a strong background in European and Asian military history. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the US Army Reserves having served 18 years as an armour officer in the US 2nd and 4th infantry divisions and as an intelligence officer in the 29th Infantry Division (Light). Dr Forczyk is currently a consultant in the Washington, DC area.
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