Research Catalog

Title

Kursk : the German view : eyewitness reports of Operation Citadel by the German commanders / translated, edited, and annotated by Steven H. Newton.

Author

Newton, Steven H.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo, 2002.

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Description

xv, 485 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Operation Citadel
• Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Russia (Federation)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Strategic Analysis of Operation Citadel: Eyewitness Accounts by German Commanders -- 1. Operation Citadel Overview / Theodor Busse -- App. 1A. German Military Intelligence and Soviet Strength, July 1943 -- 2. Armeeabteilung Kempf / Erhard Raus -- App. 2A. Order of Battle: Corps Raus (Special Employment), 2 March 1943 -- App. 2B. Order of Battle: Armeeabteilung Kempf, 5 July 1943 -- 3. Fourth Panzer Army / Friedrich Fangohr -- App. 3A. Order of Battle: Fourth Panzer Army, 12 March 1943 -- App. 3B. Order of Battle: Fourth Panzer Army, 5-6 July 1943 -- 4. Ninth Army and Second Panzer Army / Peter von der Groeben -- App. 4A. Order of Battle: Ninth Army, 5 July 1943 -- App. 4B. Order of Battle: Second Panzer Army, 5 July 1943 -- App. 4C. Deception Designations Used by Ninth Army Prior to Operation Citadel -- App. 4D. Tactical Group Designations: Second Panzer and Ninth Armies, 13 July-13 August 1943 -- App. 4E. Artillery Strength: Second Panzer and Ninth Armies, 5 July 1943 -- App. 4F. Replacements Available, Ninth Army, 5 July 1943 -- 5. Luftflotte Six / Friedrich Kless -- App. 5A. Order of Battle: Luftflotte Six, 1 July 1943 -- 6. Luftflotte Four / Hans Seidemann -- App. 6A. Order of Battle: Luftflotte Four, 1 July 1943 -- 7. Railroad Transportation / Hermann Teske -- Pt. 2. Tactical Aspects of Operation Citadel: Eyewitness Accounts by German Commanders -- 8. XXXV Corps, East of Orel / Lothar Rendulic -- App. 8A. Order of Battle: XXXV Corps, 12 July 1943 -- 9. XX Corps in Defensive Fighting, August-October 1943 / Rudolf Freiherr von Roman -- App. 9A. Order of Battle: XX Corps, 8-9 August 1943 -- 10. XI Corps in the Battles for Belgorod and Kharkov / Erhard Raus -- App. 10A. Order of Battle: Eighth Army, 24 August 1943 -- App. 10B. Combat Strength Report: Eighth Army, 24-25 August -- App. 10C. Changes in Combat Strength: XI Corps, 4 July-25 August 1943 -- App. 10D. Combat Strength Report: XI Corps, 26 August 1943 -- App. 10E. Report of Enemy Tanks Destroyed: 198th Infantry Division, 19 July-14 August 1943 -- 11. Sixth Army Defends the Mius River Line / Martin Francke -- App. 11A. Order of Battle: Sixth Army, 17 July 1943 -- Pt. 3. Operation Citadel: An Analysis of Its Critical Aspects / Steven H. Newton -- 12. Hoth, von Manstein, and Prokhorovka: A Revision in Need of Revising -- 13. Ninth Army and the "Numbers Game": A Fatal Delay? -- 14. Army Group South's Initial Assault: Analysis and Critique -- 15. Was Kursk a Decisive Battle?

ISBN

0306811502

OCLC

• ocm50877798
• SCSB-5068648

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries