The Battle of Kursk
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Battle of Kursk
The Soviet second guard tank corps north of Belgorod was annihilated in a German ground attack. It's written up as the first time military history that attacking tank formation had been defeated by air power alone. By the 9th of July the Germans have ground forward they are immeshed in that third belt of Soviet defences and almost fought their way through those three notorious belts. The Soviets front facing them had lost over a thousand tanks and assault guns since the battle started but yet they were able to replenish those numbers astonishingly quickly.
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