Michael Savin/Waralbum.ru https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-eastern-front/100150/ 30.9.22

In #JULY 1943
‘A Soviet lieutenant hands cigarettes to German prisoners somewhere near Kursk, in July of 1943.’
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aware their plans, had built massive defenses. After the German defeat at Kursk, the Red Army would effectively have the upper hand for the rest of the war.’
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Deutsches Bundesarchiv/German Federal Archive https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-eastern-front/100150/ 30.9.22

In June or #JULY 1943
‘German soldiers march before a "Tiger" tank during the Battle of Kursk in June or July of 1943.’
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AP Photo https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-eastern-front/100150/ 30.9.22

#OTD in 1943
‘A Russian anti-tank gun crew advances towards the German positions under cover of a smoke screen, somewhere in Russia, on July 23, 1943.’
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as Germans brought some 3,000 of their tanks to engage more than 5,000 Soviet tanks.’
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On July 12, 1943, during the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle of the Great Patriotic War took place near Prokhorovka.

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