The Tigers are Burning"The story of the Battle of Kursk - the greatest single land-and-air combat engagement in military history"--Dust jacket. |
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The Miracle Marshal | 9 |
The Fatal Flaw in the Tiger Tanks | 17 |
Shershavin Gets His Bridge | 27 |
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action Adolf Hitler advance aircraft armor Army Group Center artillery assault attack Battle of Kursk battlefield began blow bombers break brought carried central Citadel close combat command concentrated considered continued course cover crews defense destroyed direct divisions effect enemy entire expected explosive field fighters fighting final fire forces forward fought front German ground Guderian guns hand heavy held Hitler hundred immediate infantry July Kharkov knew Kursk salient lines losses machine major mass massive matter miles military Moscow move Nazi needed never night numbers offensive once operations Panther Panzer partisans planes plans positions possible powerful prepared reached reserves Russian Russian defense seemed self-propelled shells Shershavin side single situation soldier sound Soviet staff strength strike struggle supplies tanks thousands Tiger tion train troops turned units weapons Wehrmacht Zhukov