punic wars

THESIS: Operational CITADEL (Zitadelle) was not only the greatest tank battle ever fought but it was also the last important German offensive in the East and the lost of the battle sounded the death knell for the German war effort on the Eastern Front.

The town of Kursk held a prewar population of 120,000 and was of little meaning in and of itself, except as a reference point. However, it was the land around Kursk that mattered to the Germans. The land consisted of a mixture of valleys, small copses, villages, small brooks, and the River Pena, which possessed steep banks and a fast moving current which made a very good defensive position. The roads were impassable in the winter and the wet muddy spring and the cornfields made visibility very poor. It was the high ground in the north that attracted the Germans, Colonel Mellenthin specifically, which favored the defender and could only help the embryonic German mobile defense system. It was, as Colonel Mellethin put it, not good tank ground but this did not necessarily make it tankproof.

Thus, as the planning for Operation Zitadelle began, the German line in south centra

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Approximate Word count = 3564
Approximate Pages = 14 (250 words per page double spaced)