![]() It did not and combined with the Allied landings in Sicily and other setbacks suffered by German forces in 1943 was the battle that doomed Germany to defeat. It was high risk operation with minimal payoff should it succeed. It was a battle that should not have been fought, at least at the time that it was fought. The Battle of Kursk was the climactic battle on the Eastern Front from which the Germans never recovered. Tomorrow, July 12th is the anniversary of the one of the largest tank battles in history, The Battle of Prokhorovka, the climax of the Battle Of Kursk, in which nearly 1000 German and Soviet tanks engaged in an often close quarters battle where both suffered staggering casualties, but the Soviets prevented a German breakthrough, and with it a potential German victory. I am reposting an older article today which was a paper that I wrote for a class as part of my second Masters Degree program. ![]()
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