Cherkasskoye

On July 5th General Otto Von Knobelsdorff's XLVIII Panzer Corps went on the offensive in front of Cherkasskoye. His first day objective was to take the village and then push on to the River Pena. The 10th Panzer advanced on …

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On July 5th General Otto Von Knobelsdorff's XLVIII Panzer Corps went on the offensive in front of Cherkasskoye. His first day objective was to take the village and then push on to the River Pena. The 10th Panzer advanced on the Axis left but immediately bogged down in the Soviet minefields. The armor advance on the right and center also stalled, but engineers moved forward to clear the mines while German infantry attacked the trench line. After the minefields were cleared, "Grossdeutschland" and the 11th Panzer division moved forward again and broke through the Soviet defensive line. Russian reserves were brought up to contest the breakthrough, but by late afternoon the Russians had to withdraw. A breach in the Soviet defenses had been achieved, but the cost was great.

Cherkasskoye, Russia

The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel, on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously. After the German offensive stalled on the northern side of the salient, on 12 July the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Kutuzov against the rear of the German forces in the northern side. On the southern side, the Soviets also launched powerful counterattacks the same day, one of which led to a large armoured clash, the Battle of Prokhorovka. On 3 August, the Soviets began the second phase of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev against the German forces in the southern side of the Kursk salient.

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