Бронетанковая техника и артиллерия времен Великой отечественной войны. Воспоминания ветеранов. Аналитические материалы. Боевые донесения, отчеты по испытаниям, архивные материалы. Обширный фотоальбом, включая чертежи. Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2005-09-25T16:01:26Z 2005-09-25T16:01:26Z /en/combat-accounts/114-battles-1943/164-prelude-to-kursk-soviet-strategic-operations-february-march-1943.html David M.Glantz 1@11.ru

<p class="blog">Military historians have long credited German Field Marshal Eric von Manstein with staving off disaster on the German Eastern Front in the winter of 1943, when the Red Army was exploiting its unprecedented victory at Stalingrad. To do so, von Manstein had to overcome two seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The first was an obstinate Hitler who, failing to comprehend the magnitude of the Stalingrad catastrophe, refused to permit his generals...</p>

<p class="blog">Military historians have long credited German Field Marshal Eric von Manstein with staving off disaster on the German Eastern Front in the winter of 1943, when the Red Army was exploiting its unprecedented victory at Stalingrad. To do so, von Manstein had to overcome two seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The first was an obstinate Hitler who, failing to comprehend the magnitude of the Stalingrad catastrophe, refused to permit his generals...</p>