"The Panzers of Prokhorovka" Topic

"Being there . . . . for not only several of the greatest tank battles fought in the history of modern warfare, but one that most military historians consider the turning point in World War II: themassive Battle for Prokhorovka (it's not necessary to pronounce it) which began on July 12,
1943, south of Kursk. Five months earlier, the Red Armies had kicked Hitler's Sixth Army out ofStalingrad, the "City that Wouldn't Fall", and in utter anguish retreated into what was believed to be a safe bulge, or salient, to trap the on coming Soviet tank divisions in a huge blitzkrieg-
style pincer attack that between the two bitter enemies would involve more than 6,000 tanks spread over a width of 160 miles. The surprise "crushing" pincer didn't work. Warned by Stalin's spies all over central Russia that an imminent German attack from the northern and southern
flanks of the salient was being prepared, an hour or so before the SS field commanders were tolaunch their revving Panzers, Red Army Chief of Staff, Marshal Georgi Zhukov, a true Soviet hero, even the Allied chiefs respected, unleashed tens of thousands of rockets from multi-
barreled Katyusha launchers. Hour after hour, they crashed down on the hapless German tanks and foot-soldiers…#

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Armand

That is a very poorly-written article.

+1 BigfootLover. Also, despite what the article says others have already shown, and written books, that the German armour losses were relatively low until they retreated (due to Russian offensives elsewhere) and that Russian losses at Prokhorovka were much heavier.

Glup!…

Armand