'Kursk' provides a gripping account of this key battle.

Despite the heavy losses, the Soviet defenders had achieved their aim: halting the German attack. By nightfall the Germans had lost more than 300 tanks and the Fifth Guards Tanks Army 50 percent of their strength. Greatest Tank Battles is a military documentary series. Confronting them was the newly deployed Fifth Guards Tanks Army.

On July 11, three SS-Divisions - 'Totenkopf, 'Das Reich' and 'Leibstandarte' - attempted to break through the Soviet lines at the village of Prokhorovka and unhinge the Soviet defensive position.

What followed was the largest tank battle the world has ever seen, a titanic clash of arms with heavy casualties on both sides. Attacking with a force of 3000 tanks and assault guns, the Nazis faced more than 3900 Soviet tanks, with another 1500 tanks in reserve. On July 5, 1943, the German army launched Operation Citadel in an attempt to turn the struggle on the Eastern Front to their favor. A Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near. With firsthand accounts from both sides, vivid photos, and maps of the combat zones, Kursk is a riveting hour-by-hour examination of the decisive failure of Nazi Germany’s last large-scale offensive on the Eastern Front. Battle of Cambrai: November 20 December 8, 1917.

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