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Lloyd Clark
Born
in The United Kingdom
January 01, 1967
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The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
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published
2011
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19 editions
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Anzio: Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944
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2006
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14 editions
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Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality, and Hitler’s Lightning War: France 1940
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published
2016
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15 editions
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The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel
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Crossing the Rhine: Breaking into Nazi Germany 1944 and 1945 The Greatest Airborne Battles in History
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published
2008
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10 editions
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Arnhem: Operation Market Garden, September 1944
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published
2003
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10 editions
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Orne Bridgehead (Battle Zone Normandy)
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published
2004
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3 editions
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Operation Epsom (Battle Zone Normandy)
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published
2004
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World War I an Illustrated History
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published
2004
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2 editions
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D-Day Landings: Pegasus: The Red Devils in Normandy
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published
2012
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7 editions
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“A harmincas évek elején a párt meggyÅ‘zÅ‘déses hÃveit és a megfélemlÃtetteket autóbusszal egyik helyrÅ‘l a másikra szállÃtották, hogy garantálhassák a nagy és lelkes hallgatóságot.”
― The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
― The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
“The aim, as would have been understood by the great nineteenth-century Prussian generals, such as von Moltke, was to encircle and physically annihilate the enemy in a kesselschlacht (cauldron battle) and through this achieve a vernichtungsschlacht (the annihilation of the enemy’s armed forces through a single crushing blow). Blitzkrieg, therefore, presented Hitler with the means for a swift, efficient and decisive military victory, which avoided the protracted, bloody and resource-sapping fighting that he had experienced during the Great War.”
― The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
― The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943
“Sixth Army and elements of the Fourth Panzer Army had been encircled in an offensive that was an ominous sign for the Wehrmacht. Joachim Wieder wrote: ‘We have never imagined a catastrophe of such proportions to be possible.â€� The Sixth Army was in dire straits. Caught with no winter clothing and little food and fuel, it was too weak to try to break out of its confines. But Hitler did not want Paulus to break out and instead directed him to establish ‘Festung Stalingradâ€� â€� Fortress Stalingrad â€� and to ‘dig in and await relief from outsideâ€�. Although he was placing this formation in a desperate situation, Hitler demanded that the Sixth Army pin and fix as many Soviet troops as possible around the Volga in order to give Army Group A the best possible chance to extract itself from the Caucasus. In the meantime, Field Marshal Erich von”
― Kursk: The Greatest Battle
― Kursk: The Greatest Battle
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