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Battle of Kursk

Kursk salient, USSR · battle · Eastern Front

Briefing

In July 1943 Germany threw its rebuilt panzer arm at the Kursk salient in Operation Citadel — the largest armored battle ever fought, involving some 8,000 tanks and assault guns. The Soviets knew it was coming and bled the offensive white in days. It was the last German strategic offensive in the East; from Kursk to Berlin the Red Army never stopped advancing.

Books Covering This Event (4)

Academic

When Titans Clashed David Glantz & Jonathan House · 1995

The Eastern Front from the Soviet side, by the Western historian who did most to open the Red Army archives.

★ 4.5 Academic

The Battle of Kursk David Glantz & Jonathan House · 1999

The definitive account of the largest tank battle in history, from both sides' archives.

★ 4.3 Academic

Memoir

A Writer at War Vasily Grossman · 2005

Grossman's wartime notebooks as a Red Army correspondent, edited by Antony Beevor — Stalingrad, Kursk, Treblinka, Berlin.

★ 4.7 Intermediate

Historical Fiction

Cross of Iron Willi Heinrich · 1956

Sergeant Steiner's platoon fights the Red Army in front and its own officer corps behind, in the 1943 retreats.

★ 4.2 Intermediate

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