World War II German Military Studies: Part VII. The Eastern theaterGarland Pub., 1979 - Germany |
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7th Panzer Division advance Air Force Corps aircraft antitank Army Group Center Army Group South Army's artillery BELGOROD break-through bridgehead brigades BRYANSK captured combat committed concentration continued defensive direction Dnepr DONETS east Eastern Front elements encirclement enemy forces enemy tanks engagements fighter fighting flak battalions flank formations Fourth Army Fourth Panzer Army Fuehrer German troops ground attack guns heavy High Command Himmler Hitler Infantry Division July June Kalinin KURSK large number launched LIII Corps losses Luftwaffe main effort materiel MINSK mission mobile units motorized moved Ninth Army northeast OBOYAN offensive operations OREL salient Panzer Division Panzer Group particularly position Provisional Army railroad rear area reconnaissance reinforced reserves resistance result River road Second Army Second Panzer Army sector Smolensk Soviet SS Panzer Corps strategic strength supply tactical terrain Tula VI Corps VITEBSK Volga Vyazma winter withdrawal XLI Panzer Corps XLVIII Panzer Corps Zitadelle