Thunder at Prokhorovka: A Combat History of Operation Citadel, Kursk, July 1943Helion and Company, 19 янв. 2014 г. - Всего страниц: 612 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. |
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Introduction | 14 |
1 Prior to the start of Operation Citadel | 17 |
2 July 4th on the Southern Salient | 30 |
3 July 4th on the Northern Salient | 40 |
4 July 5th on the Southern Salient | 42 |
5 July 5th on the Northern Salient | 82 |
6 July 6th on the Southern Salient | 97 |
7 July 6th on the Northern Salient | 128 |
17 July 11th on the Northern Salient | 309 |
18 July 12th on the Southern Salient | 312 |
19 July 12th on the Northern Salient | 373 |
20 July 13th on the Southern Salient | 380 |
21 July 13th on the Northern Salient | 398 |
22 July 14th on the Southern Salient | 402 |
23 July 14th on the Northern Salient | 415 |
24 July 15th on the Southern Salient | 419 |
8 July 7th on the Southern Salient | 142 |
9 July 7th on the Northern Salient | 165 |
10 July 8th on the Southern Salient | 173 |
11 July 8th on the Northern Salient | 203 |
12 July 9th on the Southern Salient | 209 |
13 July 9th on the Northern Salient | 237 |
14 July 10th on the Southern Salient | 241 |
15 July 10th on the Northern Salient | 268 |
16 July 11th on the Southern Salient | 272 |
25 July 15th on the Northern Salient | 428 |
26 July 16thJuly 31st | 431 |
27 August 1stAugust 27th | 454 |
28 Final Thoughts | 464 |
Appendices | 476 |
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Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
10th TC 11th PzD 29th TC 2nd GTC 2nd PzD 2nd SS PzC 31st TC 3rd MC 3rd PzD 48th PzC 4th PzA 52nd GRD 5th GTA 6th PzD 6th TC 81st GRD 9th Army advance Aleksandrovka artillery assault guns attack battle Belenikhino Belgorod Bolkhov bridgehead captured Cherkasskoe corps counter-attack Das Reich deployed destroyed divisions Donets River east fall back fighting forces front line Germans Hausser heavy casualties Hill Hoth Iakovlevo infantry Ivanovka Kempf Kursk launched Luchki Luftwaffe Maiachki Manstein miles morning moved night northeast Oboyan offensive ofLAH ofthe Olkhovatka Operation Citadel ordered panzers Pena River penetrated planes Ponyri Pravorot predawn hours Prokhorovka Psel River PzC’s PzGR reach Regiment regroup Reich repulsed Rokossovsky Rzhavets second defense belt sector Southern Salient Soviet Soviet tanks sPzAbt SSTK Steppe Front stop Storozhevoe Syrtsevo Tigers Tomarovka Vatutin Verkhopenie village