Geroge Nipes " Decision in the Ukraine, Summer 1943, II SS and III Panzerkorps"

copyright 1996.

George took a big gamble when he published his work especially about the Kursk battle which threw every Soviet/US historian into a tizzy as to actual German losses in the southern Salient.

his background for the Kursk work was Sylvester Standlers excellent work "Die Offensive gegen Kursk", 232 pages, 78 photos with many used by Nipe in his work, here is the kicker ( 19 maps). Offical German maps at their finest showing in precise details the German SS Panzers points of contact and retreat. Nipe was bold enough to use these maps and notes as his base. After his work was presented Wolfgang Schneider did his monumental work volumes 1/2 on Tigers in Combat which is a must read for Tiger 1 enthusiasts covering in the 2nd volume the SS panzerkorps struggle with the 3 grenadier divisions and their Tiger 1 Komapnies, giving their true losses and victory claims