The spring of 1943 saw a growing disquiet among Germany’s Generals and Field Marshals. North Africa had been lost, and an invasion of Italy via Sicily was looking more and more like a possibility. In the east, Stalingrad, after nearly being captured, had been lost, together with nearly a million men and massive amounts of [...]
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The Battle of Kursk: Tanks a Lot
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