LIST OF MAPS
Eastern Front: Beginning of March 1943
Kursk Sector: July 4
The Citadel: Soviet Defenses and the Kursk Salient
German Assault on the Northern Sector of the Kursk Salient
Manstein’s Sector: July 5–17
Alternative: Prokhorovka
Vatutin’s Projected Counterattack: July 12
Army Detachment Kempf at the Close of July 12
Prokhorovka: July 12
Operation Kutusov: July 13
To the Dnieper: July–September 1943
Advance praise for
“The size and the brutality of the vast tank battle at Kursk appalls, this struggle that gives an especially dark meaning to that shopworn phrase ‘last full measure.’ Prepare yourself for a wild and feverish ride over the steppes of Russia. You can have no better guide than Dennis E. Showalter, who speaks with an authority equaled by few military historians.”
“A fresh, skillful, and complete synthesis of recent revelations about this famous battle… As a myth buster,
“Refreshingly crisp, pointed prose… Throughout, [Showalter] demonstrates his adeptness at interweaving discussions of big-picture strategy with interesting revelations and anecdotes…. Showalter does his best work by keeping his sights set firmly on the battle at hand, while also parsing the conflict for developments that would have far-reaching consequences for the war.”
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Dennis Showalter
All rights reserved.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Showalter, Dennis E.
Armor and blood: the battle of Kursk: the turning point of World War II / Dennis E. Showalter.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN: 978-0-8129-9465-0
1. Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Tank warfare. I. Title.
D764.3.K8S56 2013 940.54?2735—dc23 2012047086
Jacket design: Gabrielle Bordwin
Jacket photograph: © The Dmitri Baltermants Collection/Corbis
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