http://www.historynet.com/lloyd-clarks-battle-of-the-tanks.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/lloyd-clarks-battle-of-the-tanks.htm#comment-803507 Christopher Webber Wed, 23 May 2012 01:25:28 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685188#comment-803507 The German point of view is rather surprising - they thought that they could have won Kursk in the south if the Allies hadn't invaded Sicily the same day - this caused Hitler to remove the best panzer divisions from the battle and send them towards Italy, a move that took months The German point of view is rather surprising – they thought that they could have won Kursk in the south if the Allies hadn't invaded Sicily the same day – this caused Hitler to remove the best panzer divisions from the battle and send them towards Italy, a move that took months

]]> http://www.historynet.com/lloyd-clarks-battle-of-the-tanks.htm#comment-802494 bobe Fri, 18 May 2012 14:08:11 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685188#comment-802494 Read the book enjoy it, had to read it slowly. It focus not only in the battle itself but well before in order to understand the climatic event of BATTLE OF KURSK. KURSK wasn't a decisive battle, more of a stalemate, it proved that after STALINGRAD the initiative was with the soviets, they decided with consent from STALIN to let the germans think they had the initiative them bleed against the defenses in KURSK area and eventually end the war in 1943, the information that ZHUKOV had about all the german formations made possible for him to plan and execute the final destruction of german army, of course his PLAN A didn't go accordingly because the RED ARMY although more skillfully than previously still was not match to german army in comparable terms, but had advantage of soviet industrial production much superior to german and also immense number of soldiers, so he could afford losses and those occur, in huge number of tanks/airplanes/men that in matter of weeks were replaced. On the german side CITADEL just proved that the german army was not only lacking INFANTRY(as ZHUKOV knew) but all sorts of supplies, and aviation fuel was one that made difference because the soviets achieved air supremacy after a few days. LLOYD'S CLARK book added very interesting comments from survivors of the battle, and that made this book more interesting. Great book i have to say. Read the book enjoy it, had to read it slowly.
It focus not only in the battle itself but well before in order to understand the climatic event of BATTLE OF KURSK.
KURSK wasn't a decisive battle, more of a stalemate, it proved that after STALINGRAD the initiative was with the soviets, they decided with consent from STALIN to let the germans think they had the initiative them bleed against the defenses in KURSK area and eventually end the war in 1943, the information that ZHUKOV had about all the german formations made possible for him to plan and execute the final destruction of german army, of course his PLAN A didn't go accordingly because the RED ARMY although more skillfully than previously still was not match to german army in comparable terms, but had advantage of soviet industrial production much superior to german and also immense number of soldiers, so he could afford losses and those occur, in huge number of tanks/airplanes/men that in matter of weeks were replaced.
On the german side CITADEL just proved that the german army was not only lacking INFANTRY(as ZHUKOV knew) but all sorts of supplies, and aviation fuel was one that made difference because the soviets achieved air supremacy after a few days.
LLOYD'S CLARK book added very interesting comments from survivors of the battle, and that made this book more interesting.
Great book i have to say.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/lloyd-clarks-battle-of-the-tanks.htm#comment-801086 Mark Conrad Thu, 10 May 2012 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685188#comment-801086 This is an advertisement, not a review. This is an advertisement, not a review.

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