![]() ![]() ![]() German penetration during the Battle of Kursk As an example, the Waffen SS formation records were not declassified until around 1981, by which time many so-called ‘historical reports’ had already been produced. Even now, new information is being found as new archives are unearthed that have previously remained buried and hidden. There are massive differences between historians over the events of this time, and it still remains a slice of history surrounded by myth and speculation. ![]() The climax of Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk, involved as many as 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft and 2 million fighting men, and is remembered, rightly or wrongly, as the greatest tank battle in history. The Battle of Kursk – “The Gully of Death”įollowing their defeat at Stalingrad during the winter of 1942-43, the German armed forces launched a climactic offensive in the East, known as Operation Citadel,on 4 July 1943. ![]()
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