Graveyard

The II SS Armored Command is making steady, but hard fought progress towards the Psel River. East of Pokrovka, the SS Leibstandard AH Panzer Division has left behind a graveyard of Soviet tanks and is in desperate need of fuel. …

1943-07-07

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The II SS Armored Command is making steady, but hard fought progress towards the Psel River. East of Pokrovka, the SS Leibstandard AH Panzer Division has left behind a graveyard of Soviet tanks and is in desperate need of fuel. The German advance has left their supply lines vulnerable and remaining pockets of Soviet armored Units are threatening their fuel convoys. The Soviets also hope to salvage tanks that were abandoned by their crews in the initial engagements.

Pokrovka, 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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