Demolishing the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk,

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Demolishing the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative

â€œComprehensive scholarship and convincing reasoning, enhanced by an excellent translation, place this work on a level with the best of David Glantzâ€ (Dennis Showalter, award-winning author of Patton and Rommel).
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This groundbreaking book examines the battle of Kursk between the Red Army and Wehrmacht, with a particular emphasis on its beginning on July 12, as the author works to clarify the relative size of the contending forces, the actual area of this battle, and the costs suffered by both sides.
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Valeriy Zamulinâ€™s study of the crucible of combat during the titanic clash at Kurskâ€”the fighting at Prokhorovkaâ€”is now available in English. A former staff member of the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum, Zamulin has dedicated years of his life to the study of the battle of Kursk, and especially the fighting on its southern flank involving the famous attack of the II SS Panzer Corps into the teeth of deeply echeloned Red Army defenses.
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A product of five years of intense research into the once-secret Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, this book lays out in enormous detail the plans and tactics of both sides, culminating in the famous and controversial clash at Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. Zamulin skillfully weaves reminiscences of Red Army and Wehrmacht soldiers and officers into the narrative of the fighting, using in part files belonging to the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum. Zamulin has the advantage of living in Prokhorovka, so he has walked the ground of the battlefield many times and has an intimate knowledge of the terrain.
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Examining the battle primarily from the Soviet side, Zamulin reveals the real costs and real achievements of the Red Army at Kursk, and especially Prokhorovka. He examines mistaken deployments and faulty decisions that hampered the Voronezh Frontâ€™s efforts to contain the Fourth Panzer Armyâ€™s assault, and the valiant, self-sacrificial fighting of the Red Armyâ€™s soldiers and junior officers as they sought to slow the German advance and crush the II SS Panzer Corps with a heavy counterattack at Prokhorovka. Illustrated with numerous maps and photographs (including present-day views of the battlefield), and supplemented with extensive tables of data, Zamulinâ€™s book is an outstanding contribution to the growing literature on the battle of Kursk, and further demolishes many of the myths and legends that grew up around it.

Country	USA
Author	Valeriy Zamulin
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781912174362
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Helion & Company
Manufacturer	Helion & Company
NumberOfPages	646
PublicationDate	2011-06-27
Publisher	Helion & Company
ReleaseDate	2019-02-20
Studio	Helion & Company

Demolishing the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative

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