Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943 - Softcover

Healy, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752457160 ISBN 13: 9780752457161

Publisher: The History Press, 2010

Synopsis

A detailed examination of the factors that led to this titanic struggle on the Eastern Front Few battles attract interest so much as the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle, the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943, has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armor in the history of warfare. It has been long depicted as the "the swan song of the German tank arm" by virtue of the huge tank losses experienced by the Germans, however the emergence of new information proves it to be anything but. For all the resources devoted to this operation by the Germans, Zitadelle was an abysmal failure; and while they were not outfought by the Red Army at Kursk, they were out-thought by commanders of outstanding quality. Zitadelle describes the German and Soviet tactics and explores the realities of the battles on sodden ground that culminated in the defeat of the panzers and the Soviet advance on the Reich.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Healy is the author of The Ancient Assyrians, Cannae 216 BC, and Kursk 1943.

Review:

"impressive."—Curled Up with a Good Book blog

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0752457160
• ISBN 13: 9780752457161
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400