Battle of Prokhorovka
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The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on 12 July 1943 near Prokhorovka, 87 kilometres southeast of Kursk, in the Soviet Union, during the Second World War. Taking place on the Eastern Front, the engage
German tanks during Operation Citadel
Panzer IIIs and IVs on the southern side of the Kursk salient at the start of Operation Citadel
A German soldier inspects a T-34 tank knocked out at Pokrovka that is still smoldering. Pokrovka is 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Prokhorovka.
Vehicles of II SS-Panzer Corps advancing towards Prokhorovka on 11 July
Battle of Brody (1941)
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The Battle of Brody was a tank battle fought between the 1st Panzer Group's III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps and five mechanized corps of the Soviet 5th Army and 6th Army in the triangle formed by
Battle of Prokhorovka
…Army that faced it, the total number of tanks and other heavy armoured fighting vehicles comes out at a maximum of 1,299. In contrast, for example, the Battle of Brody during Operation Barbarossa involved over 2,000 tanks, up to 6,000 tanks over the duration of the battle, engaged in combat over a 70-kilometre (43 mi…
A German Panzer III tank, belonging to the 13th Panzer Division, during the first days of Operation Barbarossa
A destroyed Soviet MiG-3 fighter plane during the first days of Operation Barbarossa
German soldiers examining an abandoned Soviet BT-7 tank
A German infantryman near a burning Soviet BT-5 tank in the distance