A clear, concise account of those dramatic days in 1943, supported by a timeline of events and orders of battle, and illustrated with more than 50 photographs In July 1943, Hitler launched Operation Zitadelle, the last German offensive on the Eastern Front. It was an attempt to shorten the German lines by eliminating the Kursk salient--created after their defeat at Stalingrad--and was designed to result in the encirclement of the Red...