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This volume offers detailed information about the Red Army's preparation for and conduct of the Battle of Kursk. Prepared by the Red Army General Staff in 1944 from combat reports and other top-secret archive materials, the work is a practical and candid document, which was written to educate the Red Army in the intricacies, demands and pitfalls of modern mobile warefare.
The book addresses aspects of the battle that have puzzled commentators since 1943. It provides information on subjects ranging from overall Soviet strategic intent and military planning, through the employment of large-scale armoured and air forces to the more mundane aspects of artillery fire planning, engineer preparation of the battlefield, and the oft-neglected question of logistical support. Juxtaposed with the vivid details of the struggle leading up to the combat crescendo at Ponyri and Prokhorovka are such unusual matters as the employment of remote-controlled mines, electrified barabed wire and anti-tank dogs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The fundamentals of the organization of the Kursk Bridgehead defense
- preparation of the Kursk Bridgehead for defense
- brief characteristics of German operations in the July operation
- the defensive battle for the Kursk Bridgehead
-troop control during the defensive battle at the Kursk Bridgehead
- protecting junctions in the defense - from the experience of the Voronezh front
- artillery support of the Kursk Bridgehead defense
-tank forces in the defense of the Kursk Bridgehead
- air operations in the battle of Kursk
- engineer support of the defensive operation
- the maneuver of mobile antitank reserves in a defensive operation.
The book addresses aspects of the battle that have puzzled commentators since 1943. It provides information on subjects ranging from overall Soviet strategic intent and military planning, through the employment of large-scale armoured and air forces to the more mundane aspects of artillery fire planning, engineer preparation of the battlefield, and the oft-neglected question of logistical support. Juxtaposed with the vivid details of the struggle leading up to the combat crescendo at Ponyri and Prokhorovka are such unusual matters as the employment of remote-controlled mines, electrified barabed wire and anti-tank dogs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The fundamentals of the organization of the Kursk Bridgehead defense
- preparation of the Kursk Bridgehead for defense
- brief characteristics of German operations in the July operation
- the defensive battle for the Kursk Bridgehead
-troop control during the defensive battle at the Kursk Bridgehead
- protecting junctions in the defense - from the experience of the Voronezh front
- artillery support of the Kursk Bridgehead defense
-tank forces in the defense of the Kursk Bridgehead
- air operations in the battle of Kursk
- engineer support of the defensive operation
- the maneuver of mobile antitank reserves in a defensive operation.
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