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

by Mark Healy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752457160
• ISBN13: 9780752457161
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.7"