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The Battle of Kursk: The Red Armys Defensive Operations and Counter- Offensive, July - August 1943, offers a peculiarly Soviet view of one of the Second World Wars most critical events. While the Germans defeats at Moscow and Stalingrad showed that Hitler could not win the war in the East, the outcome of Kursk demonstrated beyond a doubt that he would lose it. This study was compiled by the Red Army General Staffs military-historical directorate, which was charged with collecting and analyzing the wars experience, and issued as an internal document in 1946-47. The study languished for more than a half-century, before being published in Russia in 2006, although heavily supplemented by commentary and other information not contained in the original. The present work omits these additions, while supplying its own commentary in places deemed necessary. The book is divided into two parts, dealing with the defensive and offensive phases of the battle, respectively. The first begins with a strategic overview of the situation along the Eastern Front by the spring and summer of 1943 and the Soviet decision to stand on the defensive. This is followed by a detailed examination of the Central F

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Author

Richard W. Harrison

Publisher

Helion and Company

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781910777671

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities