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The Battle of Kursk. By David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. ISBN 0-7006-0978-4. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Annexes. Select bibliography. Index. Pp, xiii, 472. $34.95.
Colonel Glantz and Professor House together have produced an outstanding reference work on one of the most significant battles of World War II. Kursk was Hitler's last attempt to seize the initiative in the east and, as he stated, the victory would be a signal to the rest of the world that Germany was still winning the war.
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