Why did History Channels Third Reich "Fall" Skip The Battle of Kursk.

This is a recurring theme in American narrarated documentaries, i see that they almost always skip The Battle of Kursk (Operation Citadel). This was the decissive point in world war 2, the German army lost the initiative for the remainder of the war, and only fighting retreat remainded. This was more important than stalingrad, because the German army still had the strgenth to muster a major offensive, but after Kursk, there was a major transitional stage, where the Russians were the agreesers and the Germans were the defenders.

I just dont understand why Americans (and i am American)dont include this as a major battle. When they skipped from stalingrad to dday, it made me almost not want to watch it anymore. I wanted to see how the germans lost the initiative at Kursk and how they were pushed back to the river dnieper and beyond towards the end of 1943 etc.

 

maybe you watch another channel

 

Sadly for most US viewers the History channel and the Military channel is all that is available. Did not get to see the second part, but I believe it was narrater was the same english gentleman who did the narration for WWII in Color and Hitler's Bodyguard

 

I believe the narrator is Patrick McNee. Born in England, he assumed US Citizenship in 1959.....

 

I hate it when I am right and wrong at the same time, life is confusing enough already!

 

Maybe,for ONCE the History Channell was right :Citadelle was not important :the Germans lost somme 55000 men (for the whole of 1943:1.5 million on the eastfront).It also could be that History channell never heard of the war in the east.(smileys have gone ,a pity :thus haha )

 

If you are learning your history from The History Channel you are not learning history......

 

The History/Military channels are less than ideal, but much better than was available when I was a youngster, and yes we had TV back then, although you had to get out of your chair to change the channel.

 

which movement was very good for your health
Btw:what other programs did you have,except Bonanza and High Chaperall ?

 

As soon as I get my walker you are in big trouble!

 

Well obviously T.A. Gardner, im not learning my history from the history channel, otherwise why would i of made this thread. :/. But getting back on subject the narration was great on this history channel series you should watch it, was just a bummer they skipped Kursk, and ive watched tons of world war 2 documentaries, but this one made you actually feel like you were in the environment itself.. I think personally they skipped kursk because most americans have no clue about that battle, we only really know about Stalingrad. Even on history channels the lost evidence they stated that Stalingrad was the turning point, hardly true imo. I read so much on world war 2 but still, its nice to actually see video and narrations of the battles. Id like to see an American narrated (because We Americans tend to narrate the best as ive seen) of the liberation of Kiev and all the other major battles in late 1943, those are the only battles i have not actually extensively seen on video, ive only read about them.

 

Precisely. It would be better to read actual account books or maybe catch a glimpse of the Military Channel...

 

@belasar, the narrator on The Third Reich rise and fall from the history channel is American for sure, unless he can pull a major american accent lol. But your replies arent really helping, i just wanted to know why do you think they skipped it, i didnt need a buy some books/ getting your history from history channel/read history/other comments as you have no clue of my world world 2 knowledge, was just a question for people who saw it. But as stated before i really think its because most of us americans dont know about it and it wasnt an american battle as it is. I think one of the best documentaries ive seen was an old old old one from way back in 1943, an american narrator narrated the soviet german war from 1941-1943, its good beause he was talking in a sense to where you can see that he really cared as the war was still going on while he was narrarating it. The video was released in 1943 and at the end of it he said in 1941 the germans tried for moscow and failed, in 1942 they tried for stalingad and failed, then he said what will 1943 bring and it had a question mark. But oh well, thanks for at least responding to my topic even though it was in vain at best..