On July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted in one of history's most devastating armored clashes. In just 24 hours, Soviet forces lost 359 tanks and assault guns—207 of them destroyed beyond ...
At dawn on July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted as nearly 500 Soviet tanks surged into battle against Germany’s elite SS Panzer Corps. The order—“Steel, Steel, Steel”—signaled a ...