• Prokhorovka: the impaling — Episode 54

  • Aug 5 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
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Prokhorovka: the impaling — Episode 54

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  • This was armoured warfare at its most brutal, with tanks slugging it out at point-blank range. The tanks were as close as 10–15m. Once hit, many of the crews had little chance of bailing out and were splattered all over the insides of their tanks. Those who did try to escape their blazing tanks were mown down and their lifeless bodies left obscenely charred and shrivelled.

    Map 1: The Kursk Salient

    Map 2: The battle of Kursk — the southern sector

    Map 3: The northern sector

    Map 4: Another look at the battle of Prokhorovka

    Sources:

    Ian Baxter, Kursk 1943: Last German Offensive in the East. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publihsers (US), 2019.

    Antony Beevor, The Second World War. London, UK: Little, Brown and Co., 2012.

    Robin Cross, Citadel: The Battle of Kursk. UK: Lume Books, 2018.

    Evan Mawdsley, Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

    Anthony Tucker-Jones, Slaughter on the Eastern Front: Hitler and Stalin’s War 1941–1945. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2017

    Wikipedia: The Battle of Kursk.

    Katyusha sound effect by Sound Effect by kuiycb from Pixabay

    Some tank sound effects by Dennis from Pixabay
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