Into an epic tank battle, German tank losses at the village may have been onlyĪround twenty-five or thirty. While Prokhorovka helped to turn the battle of Kursk The T-34s had managed to stop the advance of Of the Tiger at long range, managed to close with the German armor and maneuver
Guards Tank Army, mostly T-34s, usually at a disadvantage against the 88mm guns In the fighting around the village of Prokhorovka on July 12th, history would witness one of theįew duels between two tank armies. It wouldĬontinue until July 23rd, when the Russians had re-taken the ground lost to Fourth Panzer Armyĭuring the battle and had pushed it back to its starting point. Was called off on July 17th, when Hitler directed the withdrawal of II SS PanzerĬorps, the fighting in the salient did not end on that day. The battle of Kursk began on the afternoon of Jwith a dive-bombingĪttack by a squadron of Stukas around Butovo in the Kursk salient.
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