Panzers of Prokhorovka

Dr Ben Wheatley studied Modern European History at the University of East Anglia (doctorate in 2014) and has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the university since 2016. He is a former Teaching Fellow of the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, teaching at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Publications include British Intelligence and Hitler’s Empire in the Soviet Union, 1941–1945 (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017).

• Foreword by Dr Karl-Heinz FrieserPreface Introduction1. The Historical Record2. Prelude to Prokhorovka, February–11 July 19433. The Battle of Prokhorovka, 12 July 1943: The Statistical Battle4. The Battle of Prokhorovka, 12 July 1943: A True Narrative5. From Attack to Defence: The Battle of Kursk Following Operation Citadel, mid-July–31 August 19436. The ‘Death’ of the ‘Panzers of Prokhorovka’, September 1943–April 1944ConclusionBibliographyAppendicesList of FiguresList of Illustrations in Plate SectionList of MapsList of TablesAcknowledgementsList of Frequently Used AbbreviationsNotesIndex

Ben Wheatley joins a very select crew of superb historians who have turned the received wisdom on its head. He has transformed what we thought we knew about history's greatest tank battle. This is a fearless commitment to scholarship, to analysing the evidence wherever it may lead.