Koursk - Part I, Batailles Aeriennes No 045

After a (long) crossing the Pacific, we're back on the eastern front, particularly in Kursk, where fierce fighting took place in early summer 1943. Kursk was not, as has often been said, one gigantic tank battle but rather a series of battles that brought together high forces, however, that in both camps. It is precisely during these battles that we could see that the Wehrmacht could not, for lack of sufficient resources to cope with a war on two fronts, despite local successes achieved ...

Contents: 

On the eve of the battle. - Citadel, a term full of threats: the beginning of the battle. - Model sent his troops to attack  - The Soviets adapting their aviation activity. - Manstein tried to break into Kursk: an unusual early on the eve of the battle. - The air battle develops  - The German offensive continues. - Bridges on Severskiy Donets - The decisive moment  - The collapse of Operation Citadel: the battle of the percussion Prokhorovka  - Conclusions - Appendices.

Author: Dmitriy Khazanov

Publisher: Lela Presse (2008)

Description: 80 pages, Paperback, A4 size. 112 b/w wartime photos, 34 colour profiles, numerous tables. Text and captions in french.

Condition: NEW COPY.

Shipping weight: 520 gr.