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Post by BKPortal on Apr 10, 2005 6:37:58 GMT
Hi - I'm curious as to what references you are using for the project - books etc. Also, will you be featuring the battle for Ponyri in the campaign?
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Post by BBFred on Apr 10, 2005 9:11:21 GMT
Hi, Well we used pretty much everything we could get our hands on in English & in French, which makes already quite a bibliography since Kursk has been covered by countless authors... The ones we've used the most tho would be: In English: - Kursk 1943 by M Healy, Osprey (sketchy, but good introduction) - Scorched Earth 1943-44 by Paul Carrell (great for anecdotes) - The Battle of Kursk by D Glantz (the reference on the subject) - Battle of Kursk - Soviet General Staff Study translated by D Glantz (dry & boring, but unique point on view on the battle from the Russian perspective) - Panzer Battles by von Mellenthin (interesting chapter on 48th Pz Corps actions) In French: - Bataille de Koursk F. de Lannoy (a bit fanciful at times but with lots of quotations from actual participants) - HS Militaria # 35, 38, 44, 47 by Y Buffetaut (not well known but almost as good & comprehensive as Glantz's books research-wise) There's a few others I forget but our researchers can fill in the blanks. Also of course lots of web sources like battlefield.ru or kursk1943.mil.ru if I had to quote only a few. And lastly many others for orders of battle and vehicle camouflages of course, but the list would get endless there...
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Post by BBFred on Apr 10, 2005 9:18:10 GMT
Oops and forgot your other question, yes the battle for Ponyri will be featured, it actually concludes the campaign on the Northern side of Kursk salient.
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Post by Bogan on Apr 10, 2005 12:14:14 GMT
Hi BK Portal , Fred has covered the most important books. Just a few i will add; -Kursk the Greatest Tank Battle, by M.K. Barbier. -Steel Storm, Tim Ripley. -Red Army Handbook, by Steven Zaloga and Leland S. Ness. The team cross reference all details from a variety of resources, and collections are constantly growing. ;D Also quite a range of maps from many different sources.
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Post by BKPortal on Apr 10, 2005 19:12:37 GMT
Thank you both for your informative answers - I received the David Glantz book yesterday coincidentally. Another book to add to the never ending pile... Every account I have read of Ponyri makes it sound like it would make a great Blitzkrieg map so I'm looking forward to seeing your interpretation. Thanks again,
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Post by docandy on May 4, 2005 7:14:43 GMT
Some other books I found useful. 'Robin Cross-' 'The Battle of Kursk' is a reasonable account of the battle but his maps leave off the Russian troops dispositions and the book contains some inaccuracies. In the out of print ' Purnell' series of campaigns there is a book covering the Battle of Kursk and Operation Citadel. Other overall accounts of war on the Eastern Front include John Erikson's monumentous two part work [ "The Road to Stalingrad' and 'The Road to Berlin' } which covers the Russian perspective very well as well as Alan Clark's classic work which tells mainly the German story. Personally I find the style and anecdodes in Paul Carell's 'Scorched Earth' a very good and electrifying account of the battle. It is biased towards the German side and is out of print. Was meant to be the second part of a trilogy but sadly only the first two parts were ever completed. Can still get second hand copies off the net. First part is called " Hitler turns East' and covers up to Stalingrad. Good first hand tank battle accounts are found in a series called 'Panzer Aces I' and'Panzer Aces II' by Frank Kurowski. Covers leaders such a Michael Wittmann and others with especially the SS Panzer units.
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Post by kawaiku on Oct 14, 2005 2:36:12 GMT
Is the 'The Road To Stalingrad' a good book? I just rented in from my school liberary and was wondering if it was worth it because it has a lot of info new to me? Thanks
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