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The Battle of Prokhorovka: The Tank Battle at Kursk, the Largest Clash of Armor in History

The Battle of Prokhorovka: The Tank Battle at Kursk, the Largest Clash of Armor in History

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German HistoryRussian HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 0811775488
ISBN13: 9780811775489
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: Feb 20 2024
Pages: 656
Weight: 2.90
Height: 2.00 Width: 8.50 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
The Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces under Erich von Manstein--one of Germany's best generals--launched a massive attack in an offensive code-named Citadel. A week later, the Soviets counterattacked, sparking a huge clash of tanks at Prokhorovka, the largest armor battle in history, pitting more than six hundred Soviet tanks against some three hundred German panzers. Though the Germans gained a tactical victory, destroying huge numbers of Soviet tanks, they failed to achieve their objectives, and in the end the battle marked a turning point on the Eastern Front. The Red Army gained the strategic initiative and would not lose it.

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