Kursk

📖 The Scoop

With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs and specially commissioned maps of the combat zones, this highly illustrated book is a comprehensive examination of the decisive failure of the German's last large-scale offensive on the Eastern Front. Lavishly illustrated with over 120 dramatic photographs and artworks that record the elite II SS Panzer Corps' failure to overwhelm the soldiers of the Soviet Fifth Guards Tank Army during the vital phase of the battle for Kursk. Colourful maps show the areas of operation, the forces involved and the defensive and offensive actions that shaped the outcome of the battle. Includes numerous first-hand accounts of combat from participants on both sides. Detailed fact boxes profile the politicians and generals who most influenced the campaign and the key aircraft and armoured fighting vehicles employed in the battle.

Genre: History / Military / General (fancy, right?)