Nazi Waterloo, the Battle of Kursk, July 1943.

Abstract

POSSIBLE, THE Russian point of view is taken by use of Soviet references. The Germans violated two principles of war; they lacked surprise and sufficient combat power. The Red Army defeated the Wehrmacht at a place and time chosen by the German and at a scale that dwarfed any other action in Europe during the Second World War. Kursk marked the Nazi Waterloo and turned the tide of the war. Lessons learned, true in either nuclear or conventional war, are offered. Through them, the reader should be able to assess the Red Army but most importantly learn to never underestimate the Soviet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1972
Accession Number
AD0765647

Entities

People

  • Peter L. Thorsen

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Artillery
  • Engineers
  • History
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Second World War
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies