The Soviet artillery rained down relentlessly on the advancing German columns of mechanized infantry and panzers, many of which were powerful Panthers and Tiger Is. Despite the barrage, the Second Panzer Corps, composed of elite Waffen SS Divisions, pressed onward to achieve their objective: encircling the entrenched Soviet forces at the Kursk salient.
Operation Citadel was the Reich's last gamble to stop the overwhelming Soviet counterattacks that risked destabilizing the entire Eastern Front. Failure would condemn the Reich to a defensive posture for the remainder of the war.
At Prokhorovka, approximately 87 kilometers southeast of Kursk, the Germans were greeted with an unexpected sight. An entire column of Soviet tanks had become bogged down, ironically trapped by some T-34s that had fallen into an anti-tank ditch constructed by Soviet infantry. It was an ideal chance to assert their authority.
As the tide of battle ebbed and flowed, both sides remained determined to prevail, their fates hanging in the balance of a brutal and unforgiving conflict…
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