A prisoner snatch on the Eastern Front
18th June 1943:An extended excerpt from a Red Army officer's recollections of the preparation for battle in the Kursk salient
On the plains near Kursk hundreds of thousands of men were preparing themselves for battle. The sheer numbers involved left no doubt about the scale of the anticipated conflict. The element of surprise had long ago been lost, as both sides made their preparations. Yet intelligence was always needed about what enemy units were facing them and what they w…
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