Battle of Prokhorovka

The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on 12 July 1943 near Prokhorovka, 87 kilometres (54 mi) southeast of Kursk, in the Soviet Union, during the Second World War. Taking place on the Eastern Front, the engagement was part of the wider Battle of Kursk and occurred when the 5th Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Red Army attacked the II SS-Panzer Corps of the German Waffen-SS in one of the largest tank battles in history.

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1943  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Hermann Hoth, Aleksey Zhadov, Stepan Krasovsky, Paul Hausser, Otto Deßloch, Nikolai Vatutin, Pavel Rotmistrov, Vladimir Sudets, Russia, 

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Location: 51.017, 36.675, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1943 Battle of Prokhorovka

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Panther distrutto

Soviet troops and T-34 tanks counterattacking Kursk Voronezh Front July 1943

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of Prokhorovka	Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Hermann Hoth, Paul Hausser, Otto Deßloch, battle, Pavel Rotmistrov, Nikolai Vatutin, Vladimir Sudets, Aleksey Zhadov, Stepan Krasovsky	Wikidata
commons	image		Panther distrutto		Commons
commons	image		Soviet troops and T-34 tanks counterattacking Kursk Voronezh Front July 1943		Commons