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Kursk 1943 - The Northern Front (Paperback)
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Kursk 1943 - The Northern Front (Paperback)
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"Kursk 1943" focuses on the northern front and the battle of Kursk,
and period of July 5th to August 18th, 1943, covering both the
German offensive and the Soviet counteroffensive - Model's AOK 9
pitted against General Konstantin Rokossovsky's Central Front.
After recovering from the Stalingrad debacle, Hitler intended to
conduct a limited objective offensive (using the new Panther and
Tiger tanks) in the summer of 1943 in order to eliminate the Soviet
Kursk salient. He intended to conduct a classic pincer attack of
the kind that succeeded during the 1942 Kharkov campaign and hoped
that the resulting heavy loss of troops and material inflicted on
the Red Army would give the Wehrmacht time to recover its strength.
Hitler chose two of his best field commanders -
Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein and Generaloberst Walter
Model - to lead the two pincers against the Kursk salient in
Operation "Zitadelle." Manstein would attack from the south with
Heeresgruppe Sud, while Model attacked from the north with his
heavily reinforced AOK 9.
Model was not in favor of the offensive because he believed the
Soviet defenses were too dense, but he dutifully mounted a
full-scale offensive from 5 to 10 July 1943. Model's forces
included two battalions of the new Ferdinand tank destroyers and a
battalion of Tiger tanks, but were only capable of chewing its way
through the first line of Soviet defenses. Although Model had
failed to accomplish a breakthrough, his forces were far from
spent. When the Soviets mounted their own Operation "Kutusov" to
collapse the German-held Orel salient, Model had sufficient forces
left to conduct a fighting retreat back to the Hagen Line. By 18
August 18th 1943, the Soviets had liberated Orel and pushed Model's
forces back, but suffered over 400,000 casualties and the loss of
2,500 tanks. The Germans had succeeded in gaining a tactical
victory that mauled three Soviet tank armies, although the Red Army
had achieved an operational-level victory by liberating Orel.
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