The Battle of Kursk, 1943 (Hardcover) by Didier Lodieu (Author)

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Histoire & Collections (1 May 2007)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 291[zasłonięte]9843
• ISBN-13: 978-[zasłonięte][zasłonięte]52398
• Product Dimensions: 31.8 x 23.1 x 1.8 cm

The Battle of Kursk was one of the greatest confrontations of the Eastern Front of World War II. It remains the largest armoured engagement of all time, and included the most costly single day of aerial conflict in history. This was large scale warfare: the manpower used and area covered in the battle were on a scale previously unknown. And, it was a decisive Soviet victory. For the first time in the war, a major German offensive had been stopped prior to achieving a breakthrough. The Germans, despite using superior armour, simply could not break through the Red Army defences...This book traces the course of the Battle of Kursk and the involvement of the German Panzer units through first hand records. It features many previously unpublished wartime photographs, plus: interviews with veterans of the battle and colour profiles of the AFVs.