Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours

With first hand accounts, vivid photographs and maps, Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the moment of the decisive failure of Germany’s last large-scale offensive on the Eastern Front.

In the early summer of 1943, following the German defeat at Stalingrad and the inconclusive battle at Kharkov, Hitler sought a decisive battle that would turn the struggle on the Eastern Front in the Germans’ favour. Large numbers of new Panther and Tiger tanks were rolling off the pr...