Books about Operation Citadel

Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk By David L. Robbins Bantam Released: 2004-04-27 Mass Market Paperback (560 pages) List Price: $7.99* Lowest New Price: $4.00* Lowest Used Price: $1.20* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: One nation taking a desperate gamble of war. Another fighting for survival. Two armies locked in a bloody cataclysm that will decide history. . . David L. Robbins has won widespread acclaim for his powerful and splendidly researched novels of World War II. Now he casts his brilliant vision on one of the most terrifying--and most crucial--battles of the war: the Battle of Kursk, Hitler’s desperate gamble to defeat Russia, in the final German offensive on the eastern front. Last Citadel Spring 1943. In the west, Germany strengthens its choke hold on France. To the south, an Allied invasion looms imminent. But the greatest threat to Hitler’s dream of a Thousand Year Reich lies east, where his forces are pitted in a death match with a Russian enemy willing to pay any price to defend the motherland. Hitler rolls the dice, hurling his best SS forces and his fearsome new weapon, the Mark VI Tiger tank, in a last-ditch summer offensive, code-named Citadel. The Red Army around Kursk is a sprawling array of infantry, armor, fighter planes, and bombers. Among them is an intrepid group of women flying antiquated biplanes; they swoop over the Germans in the dark, earning their nickname, “Night Witches.” On the ground, Private Dimitri Berko gallops his tank, the Red Army’s lithe little T-34, like a Cossack steed. In the turret above Dimitri rides his son, Valya, a Communist sergeant who issues his father orders while the war widens the gulf between them. In the skies, Dimitri’s daughter, Katya, flies with the Night Witches, until she joins a ferocious band of partisans in the forests around Kursk. Like Russia itself, the Berko family is suffering the fury and devastation of history’s most titanic tank battle while fighting to preserve what is sacred–their land, their lives, and each other–as Hitler flings against them his most potent armed force. Inexorable and devastating, a company of Mark VI Tiger tanks is commanded by one extraordinary SS officer, a Spaniard known as la Daga, the Dagger. He’d suffered a terrible wound at the hands of the Russians: now he has returned with a cold fury to exact his revenge. And above it all, one quiet man makes his own plan to bring Citadel crashing down and reshape the fate of the world. A remarkable story of men and arms, loyalty and betrayal, Last Citadel propels us into the claustrophobic confines of a tank in combat, into the tension of guerrilla tactics, and across the smoking charnel of one of history’s greatest battlefields. Panoramic, authentic, and unforgettable, it reverberates long after the last cannon sounds.

Citadel: The Battle of Kursk By Robin Cross Michael O'Mara Books Hardcover (272 pages) Lowest New Price: $21.75* Lowest Used Price: $2.99* Usually ships in 1-2 business days* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: First Edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Former owner's name inked on the front fly. Dust spotting to the edges of the upper page block.

Operation "Citadel" : A Text and Photo Album, Volume 2: The North By J & N Moller Restayn J J Fedorowicz Hardcover (402 pages) Lowest New Price: $124.99* Lowest Used Price: $99.99* Usually ships in 1-2 business days* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: With more than 540 photographs of the northern sector of the Battle of Kursk, most identified here properly for the first time, this book presents a detailed visual presentation of the largest tank battle in history. An in-depth text covers the build-up and the fighting on a day-by-day basis, along with 30 pages of four-color artwork, to include formation insignia, maps and all of the major vehicles used by the Germans. Numerous tables show orders of battle for both sides as well as vehicle counts and losses for the Germans. Rarely has a battle been so thoroughly researched and rarely have so many myths concerning a battle been laid to rest.

Thunder at Prokhorovka: A Combat History of Operation Citadel, Kursk, July 1943 By David Schranck Helion and Company Hardcover (612 pages) List Price: $79.95* Lowest New Price: $37.99* Lowest Used Price: $17.51* Usually ships in 1-2 business days* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it. Operation Citadel was the intended means to fulfill that objective. If successful, a number of Soviet armies would be destroyed and the front line shortened, allowing for a better disposition of troops and a chance to rebuild Germany's exhausted reserves. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the operational events on both salients. It also includes critical analysis of both sides that points out errors of judgment or application that collectively had an important impact on campaign results. The book is highly annotated to give the reader additional sources to study and to provide additional perspectives to gain as complete an understanding of this critical campaign as possible. Besides an extensive text, the book's key strength is its mapping - 32 full-page color maps are accompanied by 7 large foldout sheets of maps, also in color. Together these specially commissioned maps provide a remarkably detailed guide to the combat operations. Thunder at Prokhorovka is destined to become an important reference to the Battle of Kursk.

Kursk 1943: The Greatest Battle of the Second World War (Modern Military History) By Roman Toeppel Helion and Company Released: 2018-10-23 Hardcover (184 pages) List Price: $37.95* Lowest New Price: $21.05* Lowest Used Price: $18.67* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was one of the greatest battles in military history involving more than 3 million soldiers, 10,000 tanks and 8,000 aircraft. While many books have been written on this allegedly most decisive battle of the Second World War, many legends live on, above all because of misleading information that recur in most publications – even in the most recent ones. Based on almost 20 years of research reassessing the primary sources, Roman Toeppel sheds light on the phase of decision-making, the preparations and the development of the battle in an engaging style that grips the reader’s attention from the first page on. The author concentrates on little-known developments and events leading the reader to astonishing results. He also gives entirely new insights into the historiographic appraisal of this battle, putting thoroughly researched facts against erroneous popular beliefs, myths and legends that have been passed down among historians for generations.

Operation Citadel: Kursk and Orel : The Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World War By Janusz Piekakiewicz Brand: Presidio Pr Hardcover (288 pages) List Price: $25.00* Lowest New Price: $24.95* Lowest Used Price: $1.99* Usually ships in 1-2 business days* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Used Book in Good Condition Product Description: Uses excerpts from newspapers and war diaries to a major tank battle between German and Russian forces, and includes profiles of each side's leaders

Kursk: The Battle of Prokhorovka By Christopher A. Lawrence Aberdeen Books Hardcover (1662 pages) List Price: $275.00* Lowest New Price: $275.00* Lowest Used Price: $239.99* Usually ships in 2-3 business days* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This the one book on Kursk that anyone interested in the battle must own, and if one must own only one book on the battle, this is that book! Nearly 1700 pages and oversized! The biggest single volume book on military history ever published? Due to the tremendous expense of publishing this book, it is being done in a small print run. This will be the only Cadillac version published. Kursk: The Battle of Prokhorovka is the first definitive account of the largest tank battle in history. This book is unique in that it draws upon in-depth research in both the German and Russian archival records. This was research that was begun in the 1990s, after the Soviet Union had fallen, when The Dupuy Institute was able to gain access to the Russian military archives. The book is built from the actual unit records from both sides, as opposed to the sometimes distorted narratives and legends that have grown up over the battle. It then compares and contrasts those records with the stories and interviews collected from veterans. It is an attempt to cover the entire range of fighting, from the strategic decisions, the operational art, to the tactics and the personal stories. It is a detailed description of the battle, a quantitative analysis of the battle and personal description of the battle as seen through the eyes of the participants. Over hundred German and Russian participants on both sides were interviewed exclusively for this book. It is a unique body of research that will not be replicated. This is a large book. This is because the amount of unique material collected on the battle was unparalleled, first as part of a U.S. Army funded research project and then as an extended book project. The book includes 29 fold-out maps, 94 maps in the text, 41 charts, graphs and diagrams, 166 tables, 194 statistical sheets covering each engagement, 100 separate sidebars of discussion, 66 German and Soviet commander biographies, and four photo sections with 289 photos. They are drawn from both German and Soviet sources. The Battle of Kursk was the largest armor battle in history. On 5 July 1943, three German panzer corps, under command of German General Erich von Manstein, tore into the Soviet fortified defenses south of Kursk. Driving back the Soviet Voronezh Front s desperate defense, under command of Soviet General Nikolai Vatutin and future Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev, the fight culminated in the famous tank battle at Prokhorovka. This book focuses on the German offensive in the south of the Kursk salient that was the high point of the Battle of Kursk. It addresses all units that fought in the battle, not just the Panther and Tiger tanks, not just the SS, not just the tank busting Stukas.

The Battle of Kursk By David M. Glantz Glantz, David M./ House, Jonathan M. Paperback (485 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $4.99* Lowest Used Price: $7.99* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Immense in scope, ferocious in nature, and epic in consequence, the Battle of Kursk witnessed (at Prokhorovka) one of the largest tank engagements in world history and led to staggering losses—including nearly 200,000 Soviet and 50,000 German casualties—within the first ten days of fighting. Going well beyond all previous accounts, David Glantz and Jonathan House now offer the definitive work on arguably the greatest battle of World War II. Drawing on both German and Soviet sources, Glantz and House separate myth from fact to show what really happened at Kursk and how it affected the outcome of the war. Their access to newly released Soviet archival material adds unprecedented detail to what is known about this legendary conflict, enabling them to reconstruct events from both perspectives and describe combat down to the tactical level. The Battle of Kursk takes readers behind Soviet lines for the first time to discover what the Red Army knew about the plans for Hitler's offensive (Operation Citadel), relive tank warfare and hand-to-hand combat, and learn how the tide of battle turned. Its vivid portrayals of fighting in all critical sectors place the famous tank battle in its proper context. Prokhorovka here is not a well-organized set piece but a confused series of engagements and hasty attacks, with each side committing its forces piecemeal. Glantz and House's fresh interpretations demolish many of the myths that suggest Hitler might have triumphed if Operation Citadel had been conducted differently. Their account is the first to provide accurate figures of combat strengths and losses, and it includes 32 maps that clarify troop and tank movements. Shrouded in obscurity and speculation for more than half a century, the Battle of Kursk finally gets its due in this dramatic retelling of the confrontation that marked the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front and brought Hitler's blitzkrieg to a crashing halt.

The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943 By Robin Cross Penguin Global Released: 2005-05-16 Paperback (288 pages) List Price: $17.00* Lowest New Price: $20.00* Lowest Used Price: $2.71* Usually ships in 1-2 business days* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Citadel was the code name for the German attack on Kursk in 1943 and marked the last major German offensive to be launched in the East. However, the advantage had swung towards the Soviet forces and they never let it go. The German thrusts were contained within tantalizing grasp of success, but the Red Army delivered a series of crushing counterblows that drove the Wehrmacht back over the Dneiper. Kursk was the greatest clash of armoured forces in history and the decisive land battle of WW2.

Kursk 1943: The tide turns in the East (Campaign) By Mark Healy Osprey Released: 1992-05-28 Paperback (96 pages) List Price: $21.95* Lowest New Price: $13.99* Lowest Used Price: $1.34* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 00:27 Pacific 19 Aug 2019 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Osprey's examination of the Kursk campaign of World War II (1939-1945). In the summer of 1943 the German army stood poised for a major offensive. The attack was aimed at the Kursk salient, which the Germans intended to isolate, trapping large numbers of Russian troops and paving the way for the decisive campaign to knock the Soviet Union out of the war. By the time of the attack, the Russians had turned the salient into a mass of defensive positions. In the following decisive clash, the Soviets bled Germany's vital Panzer forces white and finally took the initiative. The counter-offensive which followed began an advance that would end in the ruins of Berlin.