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The work reviews both armies, including Soviet industry, the Red Army’s development, and the roles of the Ostheer, Waffen SS, and aircraft and code systems such as Enigma and Lucy. It then analyzes tank design, tactics, terrain, and weather, concluding with the costs and consequences.","Zitadelle  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nZitadelle  \nTHE GERMAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE KURSK SALIENT 4–17 JULY 1943  \nMARK HEALY  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Eileen and Ron, For their many kindnesses over the years.  \nFirst published 2008  \nThis paperback edition published 2010 by Spellmount, The History Press Ltd The Mill, Brimscombe Port  \nStroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2QG  \n[www.thehistorypress.co.uk](www.thehistorypress.co.uk)  \nThis ebook edition first published in 2016  \nAll rights reserved  \n© Mark Healy, 2008, 2010  \nThe right of Mark Healy to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nThis ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author ’s and publisher ’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.  \nAircraft profile on page 11 of the colour section, below, courtesy of Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, from Jagdgeschwader 52: The Experten, John Weal (Aviation Elite Units 15)  \nEPUB ISBN 978 0 7509 7957 3  \nTypesetting and origination by The History Press Ltd.  \neBook converted by Geethik Technologies  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction  \nAcknowledgements  \nChronology  \nMaps  \nPART ONE: WHY KURSK?  \n1 The Führer and the Field Marshal  \n2 What is to be Done?  \n3 The Case for a Mobile Strategy – Manstein’s Backhand Option  \n4 The Führer ’s Agenda  \n5 Enter Zeitzler  \n6 Operational Orders Numbers 5 and 6  \n7 The View from the Kremlin  \n8 The Role of Enigma and Lucy  \n9 The Decision and the Plan  \n10 The ‘Citadel’  \n11 Air Power and the Role of the Partisans  \n12 ‘Know Thine Enemy’  \n13 Delay After Delay …  \n14 …After Delay  \n15 The German Plan  \n16 The Role of the Luftwaffe  \nPART TWO: THE ARMIES  \n17 A ‘New’Red Army  \n18 Soviet Industry and Lend-Lease  \n19 The Ostheer on the Eve of Zitadelle  \n20 The Waffen SS at Kursk  \nPART THREE: CHARIOTS OF FIRE – THE TANKS AT KURSK  \n21 A Neglected and Much Abused Instrument  \n22 December 1942 – The State of Panzer and AFV Production  \n23 ‘I Need You’ – the Return of Guderian  \n24 The ‘Wonder Weapons’  \n25 The Workhorses  \n26 Armour and Firepower  \n27 Tank Design, Crew Proficiency and Training  \n28 Tactics, Terrain and Weather  \nPART FOUR: THE BATTLE OF KURSK: 4 JULY – 11 JULY 1943  \n29 The Overture: Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 July 1943  \n30 The Offensive Begins: Monday 5 July – Army Group South  \n31 Monday 5 July – Army Group Centre, Ninth Army  \n32 Tuesday 6 July – Army Group South  \n33 Wednesday 7 July  \n34 Thursday 8 July – 4th Panzer Army  \n35 Thursday 8, Friday 9 and Saturday 10 July – Ninth Army  \n36 Friday 9 and Saturday 10 July – 4th Panzer Army  \n37 Why Prokhorovka? 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