![]() ![]() His frustrations with British under-preparedness for the Second World War led him to the conclusion that Britain too needed to become a far-right militarised state, and he became involved with the BUF – the British Union of Fascists One commander who was determined not to see the futility continue was JFC Fuller.Īs a political figure between the two wars, Fuller's image is left rather tarnished by his association with the far-right. Someone told him that 'actually sir', it was 'worse further up'. "Good God, did we really send men to fight in that?" He visited the front and found a vast swamp in which men had literally drowned in the mud: Kursk is an expert account of the moment when the Nazi state lost the initiative against the USSR and how then the course was set for the eventual destruction of Nazi Germany.But tellingly, Haig's own chief of staff, Lieutenant General Kiggell, stood aghast towards the end of 'Passchendaele', as it came to be known. In addition, there are 16 pages of colour artworks of tanks, aircraft, small arms and uniforms used at Kursk, as well as 150 black-and-white photographs. The book's authoritative text is complemented with detailed maps explaining the troop movements and appendices with information on orders of battle, losses and equipment. ![]() The final chapter discusses the full implications of the battle for the Germans and Russians. The Red Army of 1943 was very different from the force that reeled before the German onslaught in 1941, and its newfound professionalism and greater numbers wore down the attackers until all their momentum was lost. Kursk shows how a bitter struggle developed between the German and Soviet forces which sucked in huge numbers of tanks and men into a small area, becoming the greatest armoured battle of the war. ![]() Once that initiative was lost, the course was set for the eventual destruction of the Nazi state by a vengeful Red Army. Kursk - The Greatest Tank Battle is a comprehensive history of the last time that Germany held the strategic initiative in the war against the Soviet Union. In July 1943, the German Army launched what proved to be its last great offensive on the Eastern Front. ![]()
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