DEMOLISHING THE MYTH: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Kursk, July 1943: An Operational Narrative

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First time in English, this 2005 Russian book examines the battle from primarily the Soviet side, laying out in enormous detail the plans and tactics of both sides, culminating in the famous and controversial clash at Prokhorovka on 12 July 1943. Zamulin weaves reminiscences of Red Army and Wehrmacht soldiers and officers into the narrative of the fighting, using in part files belonging to the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum. Includes the oft-overlooked efforts of Army Group Kempf's III Panzer Corps on the right-wing of the Fourth Panzer Army, as it sought to keep pace with the II SS Panzer Corps advance, and then breach the line of the Northern Donets River in order to link up with its left-hand neighbor in the region of Prokhorovka. Zamulin describes how the Soviet High Command and the Voronezh Front had to cobble together quickly a defense of this line with already battered units, but needed to reinforce it with fresh formations at the expense of the counterstroke at Prokhorovka.

Zamulin is a former staff member of the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum and lives in the area. Includes 180 b/w photos, eight pages of color maps, and supplements with extensive tables of data.