Kursk - The German View, militarne
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Steven H. Newton
KURSK
THE GERMAN VIEW
Eyewitness Reports of Operation Citadel
by the German Commanders
Translated, edited, and annotated
by Steven H. Newton
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
ix
xi
PART 1
Strategic Analysis of Operation Citadel
Eyewitness Accounts by German Commanders
1 Operation Citadel Overview
by General of Infantry Theodor Busse
APPENDIX 1A
German Military Intelligence and Soviet Strength,
July 1943
27
Armeeabteilung
Kempf
29
by Colonel General Erhard Raus
APPENDIX 2A
Order of Battle: Corps Raus (Special Employment),
2 March 1943
58
APPENDIX 2B
Order of Battle:
Armeeabteilung
Kempf,
5 July 1943
61
Fourth Panzer Army
65
by General of Infantry Friedrich Fangohr
APPENDIX SA
Order of Battle: Fourth Panzer Army, 12 March 1943
89
APPENDIX SB
Order of Battle: Fourth Panzer Army, 5-6 July 1943
92
Ninth Army and Second Panzer Army
97
by Major General Peter von der Groeben
APPENDIX 4A
Order of Battle: Ninth Army, 5 July 1943
120
APPENDIX 4B
Order of Battle: Second Panzer Army, 5 July 1943
128
vi
Contents
APPENDIX 4C
Deception Designations Used by Ninth Army Prior
to Operation Citadel
134
APPENDIX 4D
Tactical Group Designations: Second Panzer and Ninth
Armies, 13 July-13 August 1943
135
APPENDIX 4E
Artillery Strength: Second Panzer and Ninth Armies,
5 July 1943
140
APPENDIX 4F
Replacements Available, Ninth Army, 5 July 1943
144
5 Luftflotte Six
145
by General of Fliers Friedrich Kless
APPENDIX 5 A
Order of Battle: Luftflotte Six, 1 July 1943
174
6 Luftflotte Four
179
by General of Fliers Hans Seidemann
APPENDIX 6A
Order of Battle: Luftflotte Four, 1 July 1943
195
7
Railroad Transportation
201
by Colonel Hermann Teske
PART 2
Tactical Aspects of Operation Citadel
Eyewitness Accounts by German Commanders
8
XXXV Corps, East of Orel
217
by Colonel General Lothar Rendulic
APPENDIX SA
Order of Battle: XXXV Corps, 12 July 1943
224
9 XX Corps in Defensive Fighting, August-October 1943
227
by General of Artillery Rudolf Freiherr von Roman
APPENDIX 9A
Order of Battle:
XX
Corps, 8-9 August 1943
251
10 XI Corps in the Battles for Belgorod and Kharkov
255
by Colonel General Erhard Raus
APPENDIX IDA
Order of Battle: Eighth Army, 24 August 1943
291
APPENDIX 10B
Combat Strength Report: Eighth Army,
24-25 August
294
APPENDIX ioc
Changes in Combat Strength: XI Corps,
4 July-25 August 1943
300
APPENDIX IOD
Combat Strength Report: XI Corps, 26 August 1943
302
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