Campaign 272- Kursk 1943: The Northern Front by Robert Forczyk
Campaign series 272- Kursk 1943: The Northern Front by Robert Forczyk
In the summer of 1943, recoiling from the disastrous defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler launched Germany’s last great offensive on the Eastern Front- Operation Citdel, targeing the Kursk salient. Failure was not an option- only a sweeping victory such as those of previous summers could wrest the strategic initiative back into German hands. But the Soviets were ready and waiting, having prepared extensively for the attack. The resulting clashes of men and machines were catastrophic in scale- yet the Northern Front of the battle has always received less attention than the South. Now, a renowned expert in armoured warfare investigates the other half of the story, as two of World War II’s best commanders, Model and Rokossovsky, fought in one of its costliest campaigns yet. This volume explores both the German offensive the Soviet counteroffensive. Featuring vivid contemporary photographs, highly detailed maps and informative bird’s-eye-views, it provides an arresting account of the Northern Front of the battle that would finally, irrevocably, turn the tide of the war.
This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 96 pages.
Campaign series 272- Kursk 1943: The Northern Front by Robert Forczyk
In the summer of 1943, recoiling from the disastrous defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler launched Germany’s last great offensive on the Eastern Front- Operation Citdel, targeing the Kursk salient. Failure was not an option- only a sweeping victory such as those of previous summers could wrest the strategic initiative back into German hands. But the Soviets were ready and waiting, having prepared extensively for the attack. The resulting clashes of men and machines were catastrophic in scale- yet the Northern Front of the battle has always received less attention than the South. Now, a renowned expert in armoured warfare investigates the other half of the story, as two of World War II’s best commanders, Model and Rokossovsky, fought in one of its costliest campaigns yet. This volume explores both the German offensive the Soviet counteroffensive. Featuring vivid contemporary photographs, highly detailed maps and informative bird’s-eye-views, it provides an arresting account of the Northern Front of the battle that would finally, irrevocably, turn the tide of the war.
This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 96 pages.
Campaign series 272- Kursk 1943: The Northern Front by Robert Forczyk
In the summer of 1943, recoiling from the disastrous defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler launched Germany’s last great offensive on the Eastern Front- Operation Citdel, targeing the Kursk salient. Failure was not an option- only a sweeping victory such as those of previous summers could wrest the strategic initiative back into German hands. But the Soviets were ready and waiting, having prepared extensively for the attack. The resulting clashes of men and machines were catastrophic in scale- yet the Northern Front of the battle has always received less attention than the South. Now, a renowned expert in armoured warfare investigates the other half of the story, as two of World War II’s best commanders, Model and Rokossovsky, fought in one of its costliest campaigns yet. This volume explores both the German offensive the Soviet counteroffensive. Featuring vivid contemporary photographs, highly detailed maps and informative bird’s-eye-views, it provides an arresting account of the Northern Front of the battle that would finally, irrevocably, turn the tide of the war.
This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 96 pages.
