Images of Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943 (Photographic Histories)
by Nik Cornish
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Images of Kursk is an illustrated account of a pivotal battle on the eastern front during World War II. At Kursk, the Germans threw 900,000 men and 2,500 tanks against more than 1 million soldiers and 3,000 tanks of the Red Army in a savage battle of attrition. Unlike many pictorial accounts of the war on the eastern front, Images of Kursk draws upon both German and Russian archive material. All the photographs of the Red Army at Kursk, moreover, are previously unpublished images. The book show more begins with the buildup of forces before the battle and then illustrates the offensive by two German army groups against the Kursk salient. The images convey the true scale, intensity, and horror of the fighting as the Germans tried in vain to batter their way through the Soviet defensive systems. A chapter is devoted to the climactic battle at the village of Prokhorovka, in which 1,000 tanks engaged each other furiously at point-blank range. With authoritative text and extended captions,Images of Kursk is an enthralling pictorial record of the battle that shifted the strategic initiative on the eastern front to the Red Army for good. Written in an informative yet exciting style, it will appeal to military specialists and laymen alike. show lessTags
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Tanks Plenty of good, hard to find, photographs.
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Basic information, ok pictures, with some mistakes in the captions. Images of Kursk as a title misleads, its more about a general overview text than a focus on just pictures.
Basic information, ok pictures, with some mistakes in the captions. Images of Kursk as a title misleads, its more about a general overview text than a focus on just pictures.
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Nik Cornish is a former head teacher whose passionate interest in the world wars on the Eastern Front and in Russia's military history in particular has led to a series of important books on the subject including Images of Kursk, Stalingrad: Victory on the Volga, Berlin: Victory in Europe, Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1944, The show more Russian Revolution: World War to Civil War 1917-1921, Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1941-1942 - Barbarossa to Moscow and Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1942-1943 - Stalingrad to Kharkov. show less
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- Original publication date
- 2002
- Important places
- USSR; Kursk, USSR
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); World War II, Eastern Front (1941-06-22 | 1945-05-05); Battle of Kursk (1943-07-12 | 1943-08-23)
- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to James, Alex and Charlotte.
- First words
- "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come tumbling down."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Battle of Kursk marked, to paraphrase Winston Churchill: "the end of the beginning."
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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