The encounter of tank armies near Prokhorovka occurred in the context of the grandiose Battle of Kursk Salient, which began on July 5, 1943 MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. July 12, 2018, marked the 75th ...

At dawn on July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted as nearly 500 Soviet tanks surged into battle against Germany’s elite SS Panzer Corps. The order—“Steel, Steel, Steel”—signaled a ...

In the days leading up to Battle of Prokhorovka, the fighting around Kursk had already become a brutal test of endurance. German formations, including Grossdeutschland Division and multiple Panzer ...

The USSR went on to inflict a major defeat on Germany during the Moscow counter-offensive during the winter of 1941–1942, closing the door on the Germans ending the war on the terms Hitler set out.