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Article: The Battle of Kursk.(Review)
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- Parameters
- Article date:
- December 22, 2000
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By David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1999. 476 pages. $34.95.
For the last several decades military historians and history buffs alike have been fascinated by the Battle of Kursk, considered the greatest tank battle in the Second World War. The sheer number of fighting vehicles and crack German and Russian divisions engaging in combat there provides grist for any reader of military history, casual or professional. The fascination with Kursk, initially fed by the postwar writings and oral histories of German general officers, will be sparked again by this new book. The battle of Kursk--or, as the Germans termed it, ...