Operation Citadel. The northern face of the Kursk salient

To the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk!

The new book of the famous military historian for the first time in details, with an emphasis on the actions of rifle and infantry formations, describes the first stage of the decisive battle of the Great Patriotic War - the offensive operation "Citadel" (Unternehmen Zitadelle) July 5-12, 1943 and the defense of the Central Front On the northern facet of the Kursk arc. On the basis of both Russian and German archival documents, the author convincingly showed why, even having serious support for strengthening funds, Valter Model’s infantry could not break through the defense of the K.K. Rokossovsky. In addition, the author calculated the real combat composition and loss of the opposing parties.

at the beginning of the Battle of Kursk, the German infantry could no longer succeed without the support of artillery, tanks and aviation. Trained and fired in the battles of the first period of World War II Kostyak of the personnel Wehrmacht significantly abruptly. The Nazi command, following the command of the Red Army, fell into a vicious circle - the individual training of soldiers and tactical commanders due to a lack of time became worse, since high losses demanded immediate replenishment of combat units. At the same time, training programs were reduced, and the requirements for candidates for the posts of commanders were reduced ... " - Sergey Biryuk