The Tank battle at Prokhorovka long period was depicted as the largest tank battle of the Second world war, as well as a brilliant victory of Russian weapons. Today, this is the battle actively raised the shield all the accusers of the Soviet regime and the “bloody” marshals of the great Patriotic war.
History of battle
Well-known Traditional historiography on this event, probably, each compatriot. The opposing army concentrated their forces in the heart of the village. On the evening of 11 July began tank battle of Prokhorovka. The first attack was carried out by the Germans. The Soviet army kept the offensive and launched a counterattack on the morning of 12 July. The battle had reached epidemic proportions within a few hours the field was covered with fire and smoke. About 13 hours the German forces made another attempt to break through the center of Soviet forces, striking two divisions. However, this attack was neutralized. By the evening of 12 July, the German tank divisions were pushed back by 10-15 km away. the Battle was won, and the Nazis attack Prokhorovka was the last strategic initiative in the great Patriotic war.
The Broken spears around Prokhorovka
For a Long time in the mass consciousness of compatriots was considered, and, perhaps, it is now believed that the great tank battle of Prokhorovka was the largest such episode of the war. However, this is definitely not the case. Even a bold estimate of Soviet historians in the battle was attended by about 1500 armored vehicles from both sides. However, in the same war on the Eastern front there were two other significant battle, which should therefore be given attention. So, in the battle of Senno 6-10 July 1941, both sides had used about a thousand tanks. The total number of cars and four day battle make this battle more ambitious than the tank battle of Prokhorovka. Unfortunately, the battle in the second week of the war was a devastating lost, almost spodobivka at least delay enemy forces. Moreover, this defeat the Nazis opened the way to Moscow and represented the most difficult period of the war for the red Army. But even the battle of Senno was not the largest battle tanks of the great Patriotic war. This was obviously a battle between the cities of Western Ukraine Lutsk - Dubno-Brody. And it has happened before, even in the early days of Blitzkrieg – 23 June-30 June. In this clash involved about 3 200 tanks. More than three times more than Prokhorovka. During the battle of the red army division was literally crushed, and the enemy got an open space for an attack on Kiev and Kharkov. It is not surprising that two such defeat was anxious to forget and not to remember even after may 1945!
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Myth two
There is another large-scale exposure, which actively accompanies Today, the tank battle of Prokhorovka. Photo of broken as a result of this battle tanks, spread out across the field, and today can be found in the photo archives, impressed by its scale. Here only these machines are mostly domestic, not German. Where is the enemy equipment, if they were defeated on this field? In fact, there were only a few Nazi tanks that were irrevocably destroyed and abandoned. Most of them were not just evacuated, and even exercised the opposition of the Soviet offensive after only a couple of months. But many Russian tanks have always remained on this field. Today, you can endlessly dig into the numbers, proving incorrect information about the battle of Prokhorovka, but in this connection it should be remembered that the Soviet people in 1945, and later, it was extremely important to know the history of success in the war. It is absolutely unacceptable to overshadow the joy of victory, thereby finally breaking people, and so who bore the burden. In addition, this battle became part of an important domestic victory of the offensive of Kursk. And devastating reviews of tank battle barely fit in the overall successful offensive of the red Army. After the war, the real figures were significant only for a number of specialized historians, and tank battle of Prokhorovka overgrown with myths and remain in people's memory the largest battle of the war machines.
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