Belechino Station

During German Operation Citadel, the 2.SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Das Reich" was part of the II. SS-Panzer Korps who attacked south of the Kursk' salient. As soon as the beginning of the operation, on the 5th of July, the German …

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During German Operation Citadel, the 2.SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Das Reich" was part of the II. SS-Panzer Korps who attacked south of the Kursk' salient. As soon as the beginning of the operation, on the 5th of July, the German tanks were slowed by numerous Soviet defensive positions well prepared before the battle. On the 7th of July, the SS division Das Reich captured the village of Teterevino and advanced toward Belechino station. Facing to a lot of anti-tank guns, minefields, an armored train and masses of T-34, the SS division destroyed 202 Soviet tanks, this day. However, the German losses were increasing for a derisory advance on the field, and the intensity of the battle was increasing too, the supreme fighting was approaching.

Teterevino, 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.

Wikipedia: Battle of Kursk

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