Steven H. Newton Livres

The battle of Kursk, fought in the summer of 1943, involved six thousand German and Soviet armored vehicles, making it the biggest tank battle of all time and possibly the largest battle of any kind. Students of military history have long recognized the importance of Kursk, also known as "Operation Citadel," and there have been several serious studies of the battle. Yet, the German view of the battle has been largely ignored.After the war, U.S. Army Intelligence officers gathered German commanders' post-war reports of the battle. Due, in part, to poor translations done after the war, these important documents have been overlooked by World War II historians. Steven H. Newton has collected, translated, and edited these accounts, including reports made by the Chiefs of Staff of Army Group South and the Fourth Panzer Army, and by the Army Group Center Operations Officer. As a result, a new and unprecedented picture of German strategy and operations is made available. The translated staff reports are supplemented by Newton's commentary and original research, which challenges a number of widely accepted ideas about this pivotal battle.

Field Marshal Walther Model (1891-1945) was an extremely capable and aggressive German commander who rose through the ranks of the Wehrmacht's high command during World War II. His expertise in rebuilding broken fronts earned him the nickname of the “Fuhrer's Fireman,” and throughout the war, Hitler relied on the rapidly promoted general to save his army in several desperate situations, despite the fact that Model was often quite blunt with his erratic Fuhrer.Model's greatest achievement was the restoration of stability along the eastern front in June 1944. In August he was sent to restore the deteriorating western front, where he re-established a strong defensive line along the West Wall in September. He was second-in-command at the Battle of the Bulge and was leading the German army when it collapsed at the end of the war. Rather than surrender, he shot himself in April 1945.Although Model destroyed most of his personal papers just before he died, Stephen H. Newton draws on a wide variety of original German sources, including extensive Wehrmacht archival material, to tell the first and only authoritative story of the commander who was Hitler's favorite.

Most histories of the northern sector of the Russian front concentrate on the siege of Leningrad, and focus little attention on the heavy fighting during the Wehrmacht's withdrawl into the Baltic countries. Retreat from Leningrad begins where those books

DS Julie Kite's husband's new job takes her away from urban Manchester to a new life in tranquil mid-Wales. On her first day, Julie is thrust unexpectedly into the centre of a murder investigation in a remote farming community. At the same time, Stephen Collins is set free from HMP Strangeways. He immediately makes his way back to mid-Wales, the scene of his heinous crime, in order to confront those who had a hand in his incarceration. The twists and turns of the investigation into the death of a solicitor force DS Kite to confront her own demons alongside those of her community.

Newly promoted DS Julie Kite has been in sleepy mid-Wales for mere months when she's faced with her second murder case. A man's body has been found by school kids trekking the Monk's Trod. The trail takes her back north to her parents in Manchester and to a housing estate in Blackpool. It's not a simple case - a young mother has disappeared, but so has her son and her next door neighbour's wife. And the husband of the landlady of the B&B where the girl was staying. When an exserviceman farmhand with PTSD attempts to take his own life the case gets more complex still.

V knize Kursk s podtitulem Německý pohled je objevným způsobem zpracována největší tanková bitva druhé světové války. Odehrála se v ruské stepi nedaleko města Kursk, podle kterého nese název. Autorem je renomovaný historik Steven H. Newton. Kniha obsahuje jedenáct pojednání se zcela novými, dosud nezveřejněnými údaji. Byla vypracována na základě poválečného historického programu, který financovala americká armáda. Ke spolupráci byli přizváni vysocí důstojníci wehrmachtu a luftwafe. Autor, či spíše editor, Steven H. Newton knihu zpracovanou z německého úhlu pohledu, doplnil poznámkami a pečlivě seřadil všechny části do detailní analýzy bitvy. Sám napsal čtyři studie zahrnuté do textu, ve kterých se nevyhýbal nejspornějším a kontroverzním otázkám.

W stoczoną latem 1943 roku bitwę pod Kurskiem zaangażowanych było sześć tysięcy niemieckich i radzieckich pojazdów opancerzonych, co czyni ją największą bitwą pancerną wszechczasów i być może największą bitwą w ogóle. Badacze historii wojskowości od dawna uznawali znaczenie bitwy kurskiej, zwanej również Operacją Zitadelle, powstało kilka poważnych opracowań na jej temat. A jednak niemieckie spojrzenie na bitwę było do tej pory powszechnie ignorowane. Po zakończeniu konfliktu oficerowie wywiadu U. S. Army zgromadzili powojenne raporty niemieckich dowódców dotyczące batalii. Po części z powodu ich kiepskich tłumaczeń sporządzonych po wojnie, owe istotne materiały zostały przeoczone przez historyków II Wojny Światowej. Steven H. Newton zebrał, przełożył i zredagował te relacje, a wśród nich między innymi raporty autorstwa szefa sztabu Grupy Armii Południe i 4. Armii Pancernej, a także oficera operacyjnego Grupy Armii Środek. W rezultacie powstał nowy, bezprecedensowy obraz niemieckiej strategii oraz niemieckich operacji. Przetłumaczone raporty oficerów uzupełniają uwagi i wyniki badań Newtona, który podważa szereg powszechnie przyjętych poglądów na tę przełomową bitwę.