"The Battle of Kursk 75 Years On" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 May 2020 10:51 p.m. PST |
"In July 1943, during a moment of respite amid the heavy fighting going on all around him, Soviet tank man Lev Nikolaevich Malinovskii wrote from the Kursk battlefield to his brother: "The fighting today lasted five hours. Together with our artillery we burned and destroyed twenty-one German tanks." Dinner was brought up to the line, but he was too exhausted to eat. July can be hot in Russia. In 1943 it was forty degrees centigrade. The crews in the Soviet T-34s sweat through their uniforms. "My tunic was soaked," wrote Malinovskii…"
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| Historydude18 | 07 May 2020 3:18 p.m. PST |
The 75th of Kursk was almost two years ago. |
greenknight4  | 09 May 2020 2:05 p.m. PST |
Well he can't always be perfect now can he :) |
| Wolfhag | 09 May 2020 3:34 p.m. PST |
Well +/- 2 years is within Tango's margin of error. Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 10 May 2020 4:04 p.m. PST |
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