Kursk 1943 : The Greatest Battle of the Second World War.

Cover -- Modern Military History -- Book title -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Introduction: 'Battle of Kursk' or 'Battle between Orel and Belgorod'? -- 1 The Strategic Context: The Preparations for the Summer Battle, 1943 -- The Strategic Situation of the German Reich in Spring 1943 -- German Strategic Considerations on the Eastern Front, 1943 -- German Operational Planning, Spring 1943 -- The Postponement of the Attack -- The Struggle for Qualitative Superiority on the Battlefield -- German Operational Planning for Citadel -- Soviet Preparations for the Battle of Kursk -- Intelligence and Espionage Prior to Operation Citadel -- The Correlation of Forces on the Eve of the Battle -- Plate section -- 2 The Bulge of Fire: The Battles of Kursk, Orël and Kharʼkov in Summer 1943 -- The Probing Attack by XXXXVIII Panzer Corps, 4 July 1943 -- The Soviet Counter-Preparations during the Night of 4-5 July 1943 -- The Air Battle over the Kursk Salient, 5 July 1943 -- The Attack of the Ninth Army on Kursk -- The Assault of Army Detachment Kempf East of Belgorod -- The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, 12 July 1943 -- The Abandonment of the German Offensive against Kursk -- Operation Kutuzov: The Soviet Offensive at Orël -- Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev: The Soviet Offensive at Kharʼkov -- 3 A Battle of Attrition: Consequences of the Summer Battles in 1943 -- The Outcome of the Battle of Kursk and the Tally of Losses -- The Significance of the Battle of Kursk for German Reich and USSR -- 4 Lost Memories: The Battle of Kursk in Post-War Historiography -- The Battle of Kursk in the Memoirs of German Military leaders -- The Battle of Kursk in Soviet/russian Historiography -- Epilogue: The Place of the Battle of Kursk in History -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

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