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The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 - Hardcover

Clark, Lloyd

 
9780802119087: The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0802119085 ISBN 13: 9780802119087
Verlag: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

<div>On July 5, 1943, the greatest land battle in history began when Nazi and Red Army forces clashed near the town of Kursk, on the western border of the Soviet Union. Code named &#147;Operation Citadel,&#8221; the German offensive would cut through the bulge in the eastern front that had been created following Germany&#8217;s retreat at the battle of Stalingrad. But the Soviets, well-informed about Germany&#8217;s plans through their network of spies, had months to prepare. Two million men supported by 6,000 tanks, 35,000 guns, and 5,000 aircraft convened in Kursk for an epic confrontation that was one of the most important military engagements in history, the epitome of &#147;total war.&#8221; It was also one of the most bloody, and despite suffering seven times more casualties, the Soviets won a decisive victory that became a turning point in the war. With unprecedented access to the journals and testimonials of the officers, soldiers, political leaders, and citizens who lived through it, <i>The Battle of the Tanks</i> is the definitive account of an epic showdown that changed the course of history.</div>

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<div>Lloyd Clark is a senior academic in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Professorial Research Fellow in War Studies, Humanities Research Institute, at University of Buckingham. One of the UK&#8217;s leading military historians, he is the author of <i>Anzio</i> and <i>Crossing the Rhine</i>.<br></div>

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Verlag
Atlantic Monthly Pr
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0802119085
ISBN 13 
9780802119087
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Anzahl der Seiten
468
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