The battle of prokhorovka: the tank battle at kursk, the largest clash of armor in history10/6/2023 ![]() It is a unique body of research that will not be replicated. Over hundred German and Russian participants on both sides were interviewed exclusively for this book. It is a detailed description of the battle, a quantitative analysis of the battle and personal description of the battle as seen through the eyes of the participants. It is an attempt to cover the entire range of fighting, from the strategic decisions, the operational art, to the tactics and the personal stories. It then compares and contrasts those records with the stories and interviews collected from veterans. The book is built from the actual unit records from both sides, as opposed to the sometimes distorted narratives and legends that have grown up over the battle. ![]() This was research that was begun in the 1990s, after the Soviet Union had fallen, when The Dupuy Institute was able to gain access to the Russian military archives. This book is unique in that it draws upon in-depth research in both the German and Russian archival records. Kursk: The Battle of Prokhorovka is the first definitive account of the largest tank battle in history. This will be the only Cadillac version published. ![]() This the one book on Kursk that anyone interested in the battle must own, and if one must own only one book on the battle, this is that book! Nearly 1700 pages and oversized! The biggest single volume book on military history ever published? Due to the tremendous expense of publishing this book, it is being done in a small print run. ![]()
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