Kursk

The German View

By: Steven Newton

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Hardcover | 27 March 2003 | Edition Number 1

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The battle of Kursk, fought in the summer of 1943, involved six thousand German and Soviet armored vehicles, making it the biggest tank battle of all time and possibly the largest battle of any kind. Students of military history have long recognized the importance of Kursk, also known as "Operation Citadel," and there have been several serious studies of the battle. Yet, the German view of the battle has been largely ignored.After the war, U.S. Army Intelligence officers gathered German commanders'' post-war reports of the battle. Due, in part, to poor translations done after the war, these important documents have been overlooked by World War II historians. Steven H. Newton has collected, translated, and edited these accounts, including reports made by the Chiefs of Staff of Army Group South and the Fourth Panzer Army, and by the Army Group centre Operations Officer. As a result, a new and unprecedented picture of German strategy and operations is made available. The translated staff reports are supplemented by Newton''s commentary and original research, which challenges a number of widely accepted ideas about this pivotal battle.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Strategic Analysis of Operation Citadel
Operation Citadel Overview	p. 3
German Military Intelligence and Soviet Strength, July 1943	p. 27
Armeeabteilung Kempf	p. 29
Order of Battle: Corps Raus (Special Employment), 2 March 1943	p. 58
Order of Battle: Armeeabteilung Kempf, 5 July 1943	p. 61
Fourth Panzer Army	p. 65
Order of Battle: Fourth Panzer Army, 12 March 1943	p. 89
Order of Battle: Fourth Panzer Army, 5-6 July 1943	p. 92
Ninth Army and Second Panzer Army	p. 97
Order of Battle: Ninth Army, 5 July 1943	p. 120
Order of Battle: Second Panzer Army, 5 July 1943	p. 128
Deception Designations Used by Ninth Army Prior to Operation Citadel	p. 134
Tactical Group Designations: Second Panzer and Ninth Armies, 13 July-13 August 1943	p. 135
Artillery Strength: Second Panzer and Ninth Armies, 5 July 1943	p. 140
Replacements Available, Ninth Army, 5 July 1943	p. 144
Luftflotte Six	p. 145
Order of Battle: Luftflotte Six, 1 July 1943	p. 174
Luftflotte Four	p. 179
Order of Battle: Luftflotte Four, 1 July 1943	p. 195
Railroad Transportation	p. 201
Tactical Aspects of Operation Citadel
XXXV Corps, East of Orel	p. 217
Order of Battle: XXXV Corps, 12 July 1943	p. 224
XX Corps in Defensive Fighting, August-October 1943	p. 227
Order of Battle: XX Corps, 8-9 August 1943	p. 251
XI Corps in the Battles for Belgorod and Kharkov	p. 255
Order of Battle: Eighth Army, 24 August 1943	p. 291
Combat Strength Report: Eighth Army, 24-25 August	p. 294
Changes in Combat Strength: XI Corps, 4 July-25 August 1943	p. 300
Combat Strength Report: XI Corps, 26 August 1943	p. 302
Report of Enemy Tanks Destroyed: 198th Infantry Division, 19 July-14 August 1943	p. 304
Sixth Army Defends the Mius River Line	p. 305
Order of Battle: Sixth Army, 17 July 1943	p. 350
Operation Citadel: An Analysis of Its Critical Aspects
Hoth, von Manstein, and Prokhorovka: A Revision in Need of Revising	p. 357
Ninth Army and the "Numbers Game": A Fatal Delay?	p. 371
Army Group South's Initial Assault: Analysis and Critique	p. 381
Was Kursk a Decisive Battle?	p. 407
Atlas	p. 417
Notes	p. 439
Bibliography	p. 457
Index	p. 463
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