Graveyard of Steel

As the battle north of the Psel roared, both sides threw in their reserves in order to carry the day. The better part of a Russian tank and infantry corps was committed to flattening the bridgehead, while the 2nd SS Corps committed the bulk of the Totenkopfs Panzer Regiment to defending it...

1943-07-11

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As the battle north of the Psel roared, both sides threw in their reserves in order to carry the day. The better part of a Russian tank and infantry corps was committed to flattening the bridgehead, while the 2nd SS Corps committed the bulk of the Totenkopfs Panzer Regiment to defending it. All day long, the two sides lashed out at each other in fury. Tanks stalked one another among the brush and grain. A graveyard of damaged and destroyed vehicles littered the high ground overlooking the village. Towards late afternoon, a Russian tank force heading for Krasny Oktabyr and Kliuchi encountered an outgoing German armored probe. The Germans tanks held back in supporting positions, using their superior gun ranges to pick off the numerically greater Russian armor. The Russian tanks added themselves to the growing graveyard of debris and tank carcasses that covered the high ground overlooking the Psel. The German armor moved on to assist in the capture the southern part of Hill 226.6 shortly before dusk.

Prokhorovka, 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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