THE BATTLE OF PROKHOROVKA: THE TANK BATTLE AT KURSK, THE LARGEST CLASH OF ARMOR IN HISTORY
Written by Christopher A. Lawrence
Published by Stackpole Books
in 2019
ISBN: 9780811738071
THE BATTLE OF PROKHOROVKA: THE TANK BATTLE AT KURSK, THE LARGEST CLASH OF ARMOR IN HISTORY
Written by Christopher A. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1826190
1st thus.
2019.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
First published in 2015, this is the abridged edition. This book focuses on the fights leading up to the Battle of Prokhorovka, the battle itself, and its resolution. The story of the SS Panzer Corps and the III Panzer Corps against the Fifth Guards Army, Fifth Guards Tank Army, and the Sixty-Ninth Army. Red boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and battle plans. ISBN: 9780811738071. Small stain to vertical edge of text block (coffee?). Lower corner creases to a number of pages (not affecting text).
Front cover
Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- CHAPTER ONE
- Preparing for the Showdown
- CHAPTER TWO
- The Soviets Prepare
- CHAPTER THREE
- The Belgorod Offensive: 4-8 July 1943
- CHAPTER FOUR
- The XLVIII Panzer Corps Head West: 9-11 July 1943
- CHAPTER FIVE
- The Advance on Prokhorovka: 9-11 July 1943
- CHAPTER SIX
- The Advance on the Severnyii Donets: 9-11 July 1943
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- The Situation as of 11 July 1943
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- The Air War: 9-18 July 1943
- CHAPTER NINE
- The Tank Fields of Prokhorovka: 12 July 1943
- CHAPTER TEN
- SS Panzer Corps Attack Stalls: 13 July 1943
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- Soviet Counterattacks against the III Panzer Corps: 12-13 July 1943
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- Aftermath of Prokhorovka: 13 July 1943
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- Cleaning Up the Donets Triangle: 14-15 July 1943
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- The Battlefield is Quiet: 16-17 July 1943
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- The German Withdrawal: 18-24 July 1943
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- Post-Mortem
- APPENDIX 1
- German and Soviet Terminology
- APPENDIX 2
- The Engagements
- Bibliography