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Kursk 1943: The day 148 Soviet tanks hit one SS line at dawn

In July 1943, Germany’s elite armored corps drove into the Kursk salient expecting a breakthrough, but they slammed into the ...
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Kursk Was the Site of a Massive World War II Tank Battle - Now It’s at the Heart of Ukraine’s Counterattack

Students of military history know the battle of Kursk in 1943 as the largest-ever clash of armoured forces – a battle that would prove a vital turning point in the defeat of Nazi Germany. It was a ...
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Kursk 1943: Hitler’s last tank gamble, and the SS division sent into the minefields

In the summer of 1943, the Waffen SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler rebuilt in the villages around Kharkov, drilling for a single mission: smash the Kursk salient and force the war back in Germany’s favor ...
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The Kursk attack could test the patience of some of Putin’s backers in Russia

A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army’s proudest moments in World War II. Addressing a ...