Kursk The Greatest Tank Battle 1943 by Barbier, M. K - 2002

Brown Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 1897884834 . Looks new never read. "The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 kilometres or 280 miles southwest of Moscow) in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle), on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously..... . The battle was the final strategic offensive that the Germans were able to launch on the Eastern Front. Because the Allied invasion of Sicily began during the battle, Adolf Hitler was forced to divert troops training in France to meet the Allied threat in the Mediterranean, rather than using them as a strategic reserve for the Eastern Front.[41] Hitler canceled the offensive at Kursk after only a week, in part to divert forces to Italy.[42] Germany's extensive losses of men and tanks ensured that the victorious Soviet Red Army enjoyed the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war. The Battle of Kursk was the first time in the Second World War that a German strategic offensive was halted before it could break through enemy defences and penetrate to its strategic depths." Wikipedia ; Photographs; 11.2 X 8.4 X 0.7 inches; 176 pages .