Kursk Bibliography

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Primary Sources:

 

Ailsby, Christopher. SS: Roll of Infamy. Osceola, WI: MBI, 1997.

 

Angelucci, Enzo and Matricardi, Paolo. Complete Book of World War II Combat Aircraft. NY, NY: Military Press, 1988

 

Barker, A.J. and Walter, John. Russian Infantry Weapons of World War 2. NY, NY: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1971.

 

Bartov, Omer. The Eastern Front, 1941-1945, German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare. NY, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.

 

Beiersdorf, Horst. German Military Trailers and Towed Equipment 1935-1945. Atgeln, PA: Schiffer, 1995.

 

Bekker, Caius. The Luftwaffe War Diaries. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1972.

 

Bishop, Chris (ed) and Drury, Ian C. Battles of the 20th Century. NY, NY: The Military Press, 1989.

 

Brown, Kenneth N. Strategics, the logistics-strategy link. Washington, D.C. National Defense University Press, 1987.

 

Buchner, Alex. German Infantry Handbook, 1939-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1991.

 

Burnett, Correlli (ed). Hitler’s Generals. NY, NY: George Weidenfield & Nicolson, Ltd., 1989.

 

Butler, Rupert. The Black Angels: The Story of the Waffen-SS. London: Sheridan, 1978.

 

Caidin, Martin. The Tigers are Burning. NY, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1974.

 

Carell, Paul. Scorched Earth: The Russian-German War, 1943-1944. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1973.

 

Chadwick, Frank. Armies of the Second World War, Vol. 1. Bloomington, IL: GDW, Inc., 1992.

 

Chmberlain, Peter and Gander, Terry. 88 Flak & Pak: AFV Weapons Special. Windsor, Berkshire: Profile Publications, Ltd., 1976.

 

Chamberlain, Peter and Doyle, Hilary L. Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two. NY, NY: Arco, 1978.

 

Clark, Alan. Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict 1941-1945. NY, NY: William Morrow, 1966.

 

Coopr, Bryan and Batchelor, John. Bombers, 1939-1945. London: Phoebus Publishing Company, 1974.

 

Cooper, Matthew. The German Army, 1933-1945, Volume II: Conquest. NY, NY: Kensington Publishing Corp., 1980.

-.              The German Army, 1933-1945, Volume III: Decline and Fall. NY, NY: Kensngton Publishing Corp., 1979.

 

Creveld, Martin van. Air Power and Maneuver Warfare. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1994.

 

Cross, Robin. Citadel: The Battle of Kursk. NY, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993.

 

Culver, Bruce. Tigers in Action: Armor Number 27. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1989.

-.              Panzer Colors II1: Markings of the German Panzer Forces, 1939-1945. Carrollton, TX: Squdron/Signal, 1984.

-.              Panzer Colors II: Markings of t he German Panzer Forces, 1939-1945. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1978.

-.              Panzer Colors I: Markings of the German Panzer Forces, 1939-1945. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1976.

-.              Panther in Action. Armor Number 11. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1975.

-.              PzKpfw IV in Action: Armor Number 12. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1975.

 

Daniels, Jeff, (ed). Aircraft: World Wars I & II. Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1988.

 

Davis, Brian L. and Pierre Turner. Uniforms and Insignia of the Luftwaffe: Volume 1: 1933-1940. London: Arms and Armor, 1999.

-.              German Uniforms of the Third Reich, 1933-1945. London: Blandford Press, 1986.

 

Davies, W.K.J. German Army Handbook. NY, NY: Arco, 1984.

 

Downing, David. The Devil's Virtuosos: German Generals at War, 1940-1945. London: Playboy Press, 1980.

 

Dressel, Joachim and Griehl, Manfred. Luftwaffe Airfield Equipment. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1993.

 

Dunn, Walter S., Jr. Kursk: Hitler’s Gamble, 1943. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997.

 

Edwards, Roger. Panzer: A Revolution in Warfare, 1939-1945. London: Arms & Armor Press, 1989.

 

Ellis, Chris and Chamberlain, Peter. German Tanks & Fighting Vehicles of World War II. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1976.

-.              Pictoral History of Tanks of the World, 1915-1945. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1972.

-.              AFV 11: M3 Medium (Lee/Grant). Windsor, Berkshire: Profile Publications, Ltd., 1969.

 

Ellis, Chris. The German Army, 1933-1945. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan, 1993.

 

Filley, Brian. Ju-87 Stuka in Action: Aircraft Number 73. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1986.

 

Foedrowitz, Michael. Soviet Field Artillery. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996.

 

Forty, George. World War Two Tanks. London: Osprey, 1995.

 

Fritz, Stephen G. Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1995.

 

Funcken, Liliane and Funcken, Fred. Arms and Uniforms: The Second World War, Part 1. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984.

-.              Arms and Uniforms: The Second World War, Part2. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1984.

 

Fuller, J.F.C. Generalship: Its Diseases and Their Cure: A Study of the Personal Factor in Command. Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Company, (1936 Reprint).

 

Gilbert, Adrian. Waffen-SS: An Illustrated History. London: Guild Publishing, 1989.

 

Glantz, David M. and House, Jonathan M. The Battle of Kursk. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan, 1999.

-.              The Battle for Kursk, 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study, London: Frank Cass Publishers, 1999.

 

Glantz, David M. and Orenstein, Harold S. The Battle for Kursk: The Soviet General Staff Study. London: Frank Cass Publishers, 1999.

 

Glantz, David M. Atlas of the Battle of Kursk. 1997.

-.              When Titans Clashed: How The Red Army Stopped Hitler. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1995.

-.              Soviet Operational Intelligence in the Kursk Operation, July 1943. 1998.

-.              Soviet Defensive Tactics at Kursk, July 1943, CSI Report No. 11. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute, 1986.

 

Goodspeed, D.J. The German Wars, 1914-1945. Bonanza Books, 1985.

 

Gordon, Yefim and Khazanov, Dmitri with Medvid, Alexander. Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume Two: Twin-Engined Fighters, Attack Aircraft and Bombers. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing, Ltd., 1999.

 

Gordon, Yefim and Khazanov, Dmitri. Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume One: Single-Seated Fighters. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing, Ltd., 1998.

 

Graber, G.S., The History of the SS. NY, NY: Chamber Books, 1978.

 

Griess, Thomas E. (ed). The West Point Military History Series, The Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean. Wayne, NJ: Avery Publishing Group, 1984.

 

Guderian, Heinz. Achtung – Panzer. London: Arms and Armor, 1996.

-.              Panzer Leader. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1965.

 

Gudin, Peter. The Tiger Tanks. London: Arms and Armor, 1991.

 

Hardesty, Von. The Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982.

 

Harms, Norman. Combat Troops Number 3: Waffen-SS in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1973.

 

Hart, Dr. S. and Hart, Dr. R. SS Weapons and Fighting Tactics of the Waffen-SS. Osceola, WI: MBI, 1999.

 

Healy, Mark. Kursk 1943: The Tide Turns in the East. London: Osprey, 1997.

 

Hoffschmidt, E.J. (ed) and Tantum, W.H. (ed). German Tank and Antitank. Boulder, CO: Sycamore Island Books, 1979.

 

Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. Mechanicsburg, PA: Greenhill Books, 1997.

-.                Twentieth-Century Artillery. NY, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000.

 

Höhne, Heinz. The Order of the Death’s Head. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1977.

 

House, Jonathan M. Towards Combined Arms Warfare: A Survey of Tactics, Doctrine, and Organization in the 20th Century. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: Research Survey, No. 2, Combat Studies Institute.

 

Jaugitz, Markus. German remote-control tank units, 1940-1943. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996.

-.              German remote-control tank units, 1943-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996.

 

Jentz, Thomas L. Panzertruppen: The Complete Guide to the Creation and Combat Employment of Germany’s Tank Force-1943-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1996.

-.                Germany’s Panther Tank. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1995.

 

Jukes, Geoffrey. Kursk: The Clash of Armour, Battle Book No. 7. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1969.

 

Keegan, John. Waffen-SS: The Asphalt Soldiers. London: Ballentine, 1970.

-.              (ed). The Times Atlas of the Second World War. NY, NY: Harper & Row, 1989.

 

Kershaw, Andrew (ed). Tanks at War, 1939-1945. London: Phoebus Publishing Company, 1975.

 

Koehl, Robert Lewis. The Black Corps. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.

 

Knappe, Siegfried with Brusaw, Ted. Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1948. NY, NY: Dell Publishing, 1993.

 

Loza, Dmitriy and Gebhardt, James F. (ed). Fighting for the Soviet Motherland. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.

 

Lumsden, Robin. Waffen-SS. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan, 1994.

 

Lucas, James. Das Reich: The Military Role of 2nd SS Division. London: Arms & Armor, 1991.

-.              War on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945. NY, NY: Stein and Day, 1979.

 

Madeja, W. Victor. Hitler’s Dying Ground: Disintegration of the Armed Forces in World War 2. Allentown, PA: Valor Publishing Company, 1992.

-.              Hitler’s Elite Guard: Between Fascism and Genocide. Allentown, PA: Valor Publishing Company, 1992.

-.              German Army Order Of Battle: Field Army and Officer Corps, 1939-1945. Allentown, PA: Game Publishing Company, 1985.

 

Maksey, Kenneth (ed). Tank versus Tank. NY, NY: Crescent Books, 1991.

-.              Panzer Division, The Mailed Fist. Toronto, Canada: Ballentine, 1977.

-.              Tank Facts and Feats. NY, NY: The Two Continents Publishing Group, 1974.

 

Mann, Dr. Chris and Hughes, Dr. Matthew. Fighting Techniques of a Panzergrenadier, 1941-1945. Osceola, WI: MBI, 2000.

 

Mann, Dr. Chris. SS-Totenkopf: The History of the ‘Death’s Head’ Division, 1940-45. Osceola, WI: MBI, 2001.

 

Manstein, Erich von. Lost Victories. Novato, CA: Presido Press, 1982.

 

Markham, George. Guns of the Reich: Firearms of the German Forces, 1939-1945. London: Arms and Armor, 1989.

 

McLean, Donald B (ed). Company Officer’s Handbook of the German Army. Wickenburg, AZ: Normount Technical Publication, 1975.

 

Mellenthin, F.W. von. Panzer Battles: A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1971.

 

Muller, Werner. Ground Radar Systems of the Luftwaffe, 1939-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1988.

 

Myers, David (ed). Unit Organizations of World War II. Milwaukee, WI: Z & M Publishing Enterprises, 1983.

 

Natkiel, Richard. Atlas of Battles: Strategy and Tactics, Civil War to Present. Greenwich, CT: The Military Press, 1984.

 

Neumann, Peter. The Black March: The personal story of an SS man. NY, NY: Bantam, 1971.

 

Nowarra, Heinz J. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Vol. 46. West Chester, PA: Schiffer, 1991.

-.              German Tanks, 1914-1968. NY, NY: Arco, 1968.

 

Quarrie, Bruce. Weapons of the Waffen-SS: From small arms to tanks. NY, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, 1990.

-.              Hitler’s Samurai: The Waffen-SS in Action. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1986.

-.              Hitler’s Teutonic Knights: SS Panzers in Action. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1986.

 

Perret, Bryan. Knights of the Black Cross. London: Robert Hale, 1986.

-.              The Tiger Tanks, Vanguard 20. London: Osprey, 1981.

 

Philpott, Bryan. German Military Aircraft. NY, NY: Park South Books, (1986 reprint).

 

Piekalkiewicz, Janusz. Operation “Citadel”: Kursk and Orel: The Greatest Tank Battle of the Second World War. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1987.

 

Price, Dr. Alfred. The Luftwaffe Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1997.

 

Redman, Ronald L. and Caccarese, James F. Weapons Number Five: Panzergrenadier in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1980.

 

Reitlinger, Gerald. The SS: Alibi of a Nation, 1922-1945. NY, NY: The Viking Press, 1957.

 

Riebenstahl, Horst. German Combat Engineers in World War II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1998.

 

Rosch, Barry C. Luftwaffe Codes, Markings & Units, 1939-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1995.

 

Rudel, Hans-Ulrich. Stuka Pilot. NY, NY: Bantam, 1979.

 

Sajer, Guy. The Forgotten Soldier. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s (US), Inc., 1990.

 

Savkin, Vasilii Efimovich. The basic principles of operational art and tactics (A Soviet view). Washington, D.C.: The United States Air Force, 1972.

 

Scheibert, Horst. Panzer Grenadier Division: Grossdeutschland. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1987.

 

Schneider, Wolfgang. Elefant – Jagdtiger – Sturmtiger: Rarities of the Tiger Family, Vol. 18. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publications, Ltd., 1990.

 

Schwabedissen, Walter. The Russian Air Force in the Eyes of German Commanders. NY, NY: Arno Press, 1960.

 

Seaton, Albert. The Russo-German War, 1941-1945. NY, NY: Praeger, 1971.

 

Senger und Etterlin, Ferdinand M. German Tanks of WWII: The Complete illustrated History of German Armored Fighting Vehicles. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1969.

 

Shalito, Anton and Savchenkov, Ilya, with Mollo, Andrew. Red Army Uniforms of World War II: In colour photographs, Europa Militaria, No. 14. London: Windrow & Greene, 1993.

 

Sharp, Charles C. Soviet Infantry Tactics in World War II. George Nafziger: West Chester, OH, 1998.

-.              Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Volume X: “Red Swarm” Soviet Rifle Divisions formed 1942-1945. George F. Nafziger: West Chester, OH, 1996.

-.              Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Volume III: “Red Storm” Corps, Brigades, and Guards Armored Units, 1942-1945 . George F. Nafziger: West Chester, OH, 1995.

-.              Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Volume II: “School of Battle” Soviet Tank Corps and Tank Brigades, January, 1942-1945. George F. Nafziger: West Chester, OH, 1995.      

 

Shukman, Harold (ed). Stalin’s Generals. NY, NY: Grove Press, 1993.

 

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Simpson, Gary L. Tiger Ace: The life story of Panzer commander Michael Wittmann. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1994.

 

Smith, J.R. The Henschel Hs 129, No 69. Leatherhead, England: Profile Publications Ltd., 1966.

 

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Spielberger, Walter J. Sturmgeschutz & Its Variants. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1993.

 

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Stapter, Hans-Heiri. Il-2 Stormovik: Aircraft Number 155. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1995.

 

Stein, George H. The Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite Guard at War, 1939-1945. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1966.

 

Stern, Robert C. SS Armor: A Pictorical History of the Armored Formations of the Waffem-SS . Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Books, 1978.

 

Suchenwirth, Richard. Historical Turning Points in the German Air Force War Effort. NY, NY: Arno Publishing, 1968.

 

Sydnor, Charles. Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death’s Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990.

 

Thomas, Nigel. Men-at-Arms Series: 330 The German Army, 1939-1945 (4) Eastern Front, 1943-1945. Osprey: Oxford, England, 1999.

 

Trewhitt, Philip. Armored Fighting Vehicles. NY, NY: Barnes & Noble Books, 1999.

 

Tsouras, Peter G. (ed). Fighting in Hell: The German Ordeal on the Eastern Front. NY, NY: Ballentine, 1998.

 

Uebe, Klaus. Russian Reactions to German Air Power in World War II. NY, NY: Arno Press, 1968.

 

Walther, Herbert (ed). The 1st SS Armored Division: A documentation in words and pictures. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1989.

 

Weidinger, Otto. Comrades to the End: The 4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Fuhrer", 1938-1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1998.

 

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Zaloga, Steven J. and Grandsen, James. Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War II. London: Arms and Armor Press, 1984.

-.              The Eastern Front: Armor Camouflage and Markings, 1941-1945. London: Arms and Armor Press, 1996.

-.              T-34 in Action: Armor Number 20. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1983.

 

Additional Sources:

 

Handbook on German Military Forces, 1 September 1943. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1943.

 

Journal Incorporated. Infantry in Battle. Washington, D.C.: Garrett & Massie, (1939 Reprint).

 

Historical Study:

-.              German Defensive Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs. EUCOM, Facsimile Edition, 1988.

-.              German Tank Maintenance in World War II, EUCOM. Facsimile Edition, 1988.

-.              Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps, EUCOM. Facsimile Edition, 1986.

-.              Military Improvisations During the Russian Campaign. EUCOM, Facsimile Edition, 1986.

-.              Night Combat, EUCOM, Facsimile Edition. 1986.

-.              Terrain Factors in the Russian Campaign. EUCOM, Facsimile Edition, 1986.

 

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