Tanks!

Between July 8th and 9th, the German 48th Panzer Corps was forcing its way towards the approaches of Oboyan. East of Verkhopen’ye, elements of the Gross-Deutschland and 11th Panzer Divisions ran headlong into arriving Soviet reinforcements of the 1st Tank …

1943-07-08

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Between July 8th and 9th, the German 48th Panzer Corps was forcing its way towards the approaches of Oboyan. East of Verkhopen’ye, elements of the Gross-Deutschland and 11th Panzer Divisions ran headlong into arriving Soviet reinforcements of the 1st Tank Army. A chaotic battle ensued with more Soviet tanks straggling to join as the battle ignited across the open steppes and hills.

Oboyan, 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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