Citadel: The Battle of Kursk
By Robin Cross
‘Citadel’ provides a detailed picture of the Battle of Kursk, from the strategic tug-of-war waged within both high commands in the agonizing months which preceded the German offensive, to the first-hand experiences of the troops on the ground and the airmen flying over the blazing steppe as the battle reached fever pitch.
Mesmerising account of those final, bloody weeks of war … Cross’s account of the final hysterical days in his Berlin Bunker is masterful.” Sunday Express