A monumental, enthralling work charting the greatest land battle of all time whi
ch changed the course of World War Two, by a highly regarded military expert 5th
July 1943: the greatest land battle of all time began around the town of Kursk
in Russia. This epic confrontation between German and Soviet forces was one of t
he most important military engagements in history and epitomised 'total war'.It
was also one of the most bloody, characterised by hideous excess and outrageous
atrocities. The battle concluded with Germany having incurred nearly three milli
on dead and the Soviet Union a staggering ten million.
It was a monumental an
d decisive encounter of breathtaking intensity which became a turning point, not
only on the Eastern Front, but in the Second World War as a whole. Using the ve
ry latest available archival material including the testimonies of veterans and
providing strategic perspective alongside personal stories of front line fightin
g, Lloyd Clark has written a lucid, enthralling and heart-stopping account of th
is incredible battle.
