Commanders, pp. 58–59.
26 Crews could often repair track damage themselves Zetterling and Frankson, Kursk 1943, pp. 120–123; Healy, Zitadelle, p. 258.
27 The Russians had other ideas Cf. Lodieu, III. Pz. Korps, pp. 46–57, and Nipe, Blood, Steel, and Myth, pp. 175–182.
28 “Keep a few for interrogation” Erhard Raus, Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941–1945, comp. and trans. Steven H. Newton (New York: Da Capo Press, 2003), p. 203.
29 A disconcerting image Manstein, Verlorene Siege, p. 499; Melvin, Manstein, pp. 373–374.
30 The image of a tar baby “Panzerarmeebefehl Nr. 3,” in Stadler, Offensive gegen Kursk, pp. 57–58.
31 Transferred the bulk of their respective mobile forces Healy, Zitadelle, p. 271; Nipe, Blood, Steel, and Myth, pp. 216– 217.
32 Syrzevo itself held out Spaeter, Grossdeutschland, pp. 123–124; Healy, Zitadelle, pp. 271–272.
33 Mistakes are in the nature of war Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 233.
34 Division ordered the battle group to hold its ground Spaeter, Grossdeutschland, p. 124; Healy, Zitadelle, pp. 272–274; Bergstrom, Kursk: The Air Battle, pp. 62–64.
35 No fewer than twelve attacks Glantz and House, Battle of Kursk, p. 135.
36 Warriors for the working day Nipe, Blood, Steel, and Myth, pp. 216–219.
37 For July 8, Hausser proposed “Auftrage fur die 8.7,” in Stadler, Offensive gegen Kursk, p. 62.
38 Pushed forward in stops and starts Nipe, Blood, Steel, and Myth, pp. 194–202.
39 An immediate counterattack Glantz and House, Battle of Kursk, p. 133; Weidinger, Division Das Reich, p. 182.
40 One of Das Reich’s panzer grenadier regiments Weidinger, Division Das Reich, p. 181.
41 Front orders issued at 11:00 P.M. Glantz and House, Battle of Kursk, p. 134; Zamulin, Demolishing the Myth, pp. 139–142.
42 Most spectacular initial results of Vatutin’s counterattack Martin Pegg, Hs 129 Panzerjager! (Burgess Hill, UK: Classic Publications, 1997), pp. 145–149; Weidinger, Division Das Reich, pp. 182–184; and from the targets’ perspective, Zamulin, Demolishing the Myth, pp. 143–147.
43 “Good cooperation with the Luftwaffe” Stadler, Offensive gegen Kursk, p. 63.
44 New, potentially decisive surge Lodieu, III. Pz. Korps, pp. 58–73, provides tactical details for the panzers; Erhard Raus, “Armeeabteilung Kempf,” in Kursk: The German View, p. 54, refers to leading the counterattack—not exactly a normal job for a corps commander, though Raus presents it as all in a day’s work on the Russian front.
45 Army group commander consulted Zeitzler Melvin, Manstein, p. 373.
46 The bottom of Central Front’s barrel Rokossovsky, A Soldier’s Duty, pp. 200–201.
47 Luftwaffe radio intelligence scored the first points Bergstrom, Kursk: The Air Battle, pp. 53–54.
48 Red Army riflemen in possession of part of Ponyri Glantz and House, Battle of Kursk, pp. 120–121.
49 A modest operation Paul Carell, Scorched Earth: Hitler’s War on Russia, vol. 2, trans. Ewald Osers (London: G. G. Harrap, 1970).
50 Shuttled from place to place Excerpt in Jentz, Panzertruppen, vol. 2, p. 84.
51 The 4th Panzer Division’s prospects Carell, Scorched Earth, p. 47; Healy, Zitadelle, pp. 281–285; Piekalkiewicz, Operation Citadel, pp. 159–161; Newton, Hitler’s Commander, pp. 249–250.
52 Model’s first reaction to another futile day Newton, Hitler’s Commander, pp. 250–251.
53 Everywhere except around Ponyri Healy, Zitadelle, p. 286.
54 Senior officers’ conference Newton, Hitler’s Commander, pp. 252–253. The phrase rollenden Materialabnutzungsschlacht also appears in the Ninth Army’s war diary for September 7, 1943 (Frieser et al., Ostfront, p. 110).
55 No sign of a smoke screen Bergstrom, Kursk: The Air Battle, p. 71.
56 Model replicated Lemelsen’s action Healy, Zitadelle, p. 287; Newton, Hitler’s Commander, p. 253; Rokossovsky, A Soldier’s Duty, p. 201.
57 A series of counterattacks Klink, Gesetz des Handelns, p. 261.
58 “Chain dogs” Literally Kettenhunde: Wehrmacht slang for “military police.”
59 Fighters were defensively minded Bergstrom, Kursk: The Air Battle, p. 73.
60 Model responded with a revised plan Frieser et al., Ostfront, p. 111; Zins, Operation Zitadelle, pp. 58–59.
61 Strength figures for the Central Front Zetterling and Frankson, Kursk 1943, p. 118.
62 Forced him to commit reserves Rokossovsky, A Soldier’s Duty, pp. 200–201.
63 Offensive in the Orel sector was ripe for launching Glantz and House, Battle of Kursk, p. 233.
