Kursk 1943Kursk 1943 by Mark Healy is illustrated throughout and provides a focused examination of the German army's attempt to hem in the Soviets. In the summer of 1943, the German army stood poised for a major offensive. The attack was aimed at the Kursk salient, which the Germans intended to isolate, trapping large numbers of Russian troops and paving the way for the decisive campaign to knock the Soviet Union out of the war. By the time of the attack, the