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Title: Kursk: The German View by Steven H. Newton ISBN: 0-306-81150-2 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: The Big Picture as seen by the GermanGenerals
Comment: Having waded through the detailed accounts, opinions and viewpoints of the German generals, I was stunned -- and lost; lost because I, just a loader in a German 150 mm Assauly Howitzer Panzer, never knew the Big Picture. Truly eye-opening in may ways and fascinating to the lowly Gefreite.
Having been at the receiving end of a T-34's 76 mm gun, I am missing out on many a thing; as I said, the Big Picture never was mine. What astounds me is the rather poor editing when it comes to the German titles or names: the 1st WSSD, the "Leibstandarte der SS Adolf Hitler" is constantly misspelled (Liebstandarte sounds rather weird in German and could well be misunderstood by persons who are intimately knowledgable in German).
This book is more for scholars accustomed to slogging their way through dry-as-dust recollections that, after all, are sixty years old by now. For those, it is a most valuable addition to accounts by the lower ranking officers and enlisted men. Buy it and treasure it if you are a historian, read it from the public library if you are interested. Forget it if you expect the dirty, muddy, and high-pucker-factor experience of the Landser,
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique Perspective, Well Presented
Comment: Author Steve Newton, who is well known to many Civil War students for his books like "Lost for the Cause: The Confederate Army in 1864," and "Seven Pines," is also a scholar of high merit when it comes to German and Soviet WWII operations. I believe he speaks/reads both languages, and is a firm believer in writing history from the manuscript sources. "Kursk: The German View," is the result of this high standard of excellence he has set for himself.
Students of Operation Barbarossa will find this collection of German material on Kursk indispensable to their study of the campaign. While Glantz and others have carved out a large niche describing the entire action, Newton has opted for a more limited approach, pulling together various high-ranking primary German sources rarely if ever used in their original form.
After a detailed and thoughtful Introduction, Newton presents the edited "papers," adding priceless footnotes and commentary from his deep well of knowledge on the subject. Every German perspective is corps level or close to it. The last 30% or so of the book is a collection of valuable chapters on a wide variety of subjects, all penned by Newton. He is clearly less enamored with German apologists who claim that a few more days would have scored a major tactical and strategic victory. The battle was completely avoidable and should never have been fought. (His insightful chapter on Hoth's orders/intent is worth the price of the book.)
The book's quality of production, editing, etc. is very high. This is a book to buy, read, and put on your shelf. It is definitely a keeper.
Beware: The book is not for neophytes. The detail is deep and the going is often tedious. The maps at the back of the book help wade through the chapters. Stick with it. When you close the book, you will feel a real sense of accomplishment--and know a lot more about Kursk then you knew going in. And the battle will never look quite the same.
Rating: 5
Summary: An annotated study of the battle of Kursk
Comment: Kursk: The German View by Steven H. Newton (Associate Professor of History, Delaware State University) is an annotated study of the battle of Kursk, fought in the summer of 1943, a crucial struggle and the largest tank battle of World War II. Translating the post-war reports written by German commanders themselves, Kursk: The German View is uniquely insightful and a welcome addition to military history shelves. Also very highly recommended is Professor Newton's German Battle Tactics On The Russian Front 1941-1945 (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 0887405827, $24.95) and Retreat From Leningrad: Army Group North 1944-1945 (Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 0887408060, $24.95).
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Title: Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius by Otto Carius, Robert J. Edwards ISBN: 0811729117 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Armor Battles of the Waffen SS, 1943-45 (Stackpole Military History Series) by Will Fey ISBN: 0811729052 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Images of Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943 by Nik Cornish ISBN: 1574885766 Publisher: Brassey's Inc Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Battle of Kursk (Modern War Studies) by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ISBN: 0700609784 Publisher: University Press of Kansas Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir of General Raus, 1941-1945 by Erhard Raus, Steven H. Newton ISBN: 0306812479 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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