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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Littlle-Known Insights into the Battlefield Conditions,
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This review is from: Tigers Are Burning (Paperback)
Caidin refutes the common stereotype of the Russians being successful only when German front lines were overextended. In fact, the Kursk salient was relatively narrow, yet the Russians hammered the Germans to pieces. Other little-known details of the eastern front are provided. Did you know, for istance, that German horses were disabled by zero temperatures whereas Russian horses could function down to 60 below?
19 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Garbage,
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This review is from: Tigers Are Burning (Paperback)
The Tigers are Burning is one of the main sources of the fascination, and the mythology, of the Battle of Kursk. The book is exciting, and reads like an adventure novel. In fact, it is an adventure novel posing as history. Mercifully out of print, used bookstores now stock it in the fiction section where it belongs. Unfortunately, Caidin's book (originally written in 1973 and reprinted in 1980) was for a long time the most widely read on the subject, and its claims and descriptions were not effectively challenged until the 1990s. Thus, the book produced a skewed version of the battle for an entire generation of readers. Caidin directly fueled the myth of Citadel as "one big battle", with thousands of tanks from both sides finally clashing in a small area at Prokhorovka. He filled out his descriptions of the battles with fanciful notions of tanks ramming each other (in fact there is no evidence of this tactic), and of the Germans suffering staggering losses in tanks (in fact there is no evidence of this either). Caidin repeatedly gets unit identification wrong, he misidentifies weaponry and vehicles, and he even makes mistakes in terms of battlefield conditions (terrain and weather). As history, this book is pure garbage. As an exciting adventure novel, the book is quite good. Put it in the stack of bathroom reading material, but not on your bookshelf. The fact that used copies of this book go for only fifty cents is revealing.
10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A true "Must-read" for any serious study of World War II,
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This review is from: Tigers Are Burning (Paperback)
Kursk Salient, 5 July 43. German forces attack Russian Front. The beginning of the fifty day combat that would have no equal before or since was underway. As the original reviewers of this engrossing work proclaimed in 1974 " This book belongs on the shelf of every serious student of military history." (Ernest Gann author of "In the Company of Eagles")I believe that the author, Martin Caiden, has given an excellent recreation of this massive engagement, the word "battle" being insufficient to describe the scope of this fight. Drawing from primary sources and eyewitness accounts, Mr. Caiden also makes keen observations as to the "small details" and "mistakes" which often proved to be the difference between victory, stalemate or defeat. I sincerely hope that this fine work will be available to the public once again. Current events prove once again that history is often repeated, and so are the follies of those who do not heed the lessons history can teach.
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