Operation "Citadel". Northern FAS Kursk arc. Biryuk S.N.

The book of a famous military historian in details, with an emphasis on the actions of rifle and infantry formations, describes the first stage of the decisive battle of the Great Patriotic War - the offensive operation “Citadel” on July 5–12, 1943 and the defense of the Central Front in the northern faculty of the Kursk arc. On the basis of both Russian and German archival documents, the author convincingly showed why, even having serious support of artillery, tanks and aviation, Valter Model’s infantry could not break through the defense of the K.K. Rokossovsky. In addition, the author is calculated by the real combat composition and loss of the opposing parties.