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From: ssc-vax!shuksan!major@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Mike Schmitt)
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Subject: Re: Kursk - Book on Tactics.
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Date: 11 Sep 89 05:50:34 GMT
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From: ssc-vax!shuksan!major@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Mike Schmitt)

> From: msn@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mike Newsome)
> 	Panzer Battles  by Maj. Gen. F. W. Von Mellenthin.
> 	From the Cauldron in N. Afrika to Apr 45 in Germany.


I would add for your library:

"The Tigers Are Burning"  - Martin Caidin

Devoted solely to the Battle of Kursk, the author tries to bring
the human side and emotions of the battle and of the decision making 
by the Wehrmacht generals and the Red Army generals. 

The title comes from the first message received in Moscow after 
German forces struck the Russian defenses.  

One can argue as to the impact of the results of the Battle of Kursk.
But, I don't believe anyone will argue that this was the greatest
single land-and-air combat engagement in military history.

Caidin states that the battle broke the back of the German Army -
and changed the entire course of World War II.


(BTW:  I'm in the process of reading "Lost Battles" by von Manstein.
I'll see what he has to say about Kursk.)

major