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During the combats German troops had made an effort to encircle the Soviet units and pass to the offensive. Up to 1200 tanks and self-propelled artillery units were involved from the both sides.įrom July 5 to Augthe combats for Kursk bulge had been held. But later appear again.On Jon the southern front of Kursk bulge near Prokhorovka station took place one of the largest battles in military history with participation of armoured units. They are moderately helpful in visualizing the front. But as a reader they are useless.Ĭhapters 3-4 have these nice daily diagrams of each units armor, and how they faced off against each other. I am sure as a historian these are items to drool over. In chapter 3-5 we get grainy pictures of actual maps used at the time with some markings on them. They set up where forces are before the battles. The first two chapters have some very helpful maps. I gave up tracking after that, but noticed italics, boldface and ALL CAPS were used at various times in the rest of the book. Starting with chapter 7, the book then switches to ALL CAPS for headings.

And what is still in italics is not consistent. Then in chapter 6 they mostly switch to boldface.mostly, but not all. In chapters 1-5 the subheadings are all in italics. Its almost like some of the smaller sections were pasted in from a previous smaller work, so they often say the same thing that was just said. The author frequently repeats things almost verbatim a page apart. The editing and visual aids are inconsistent, not enough maps to help the reader. The day by day events for each of the units involved is impressive. This was a very detailed book about a very small piece. I've been hungry to learn more about the Eastern front in WW2.