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Ben Wheatley on The Panzers of Prokhorovka

Ben Wheatley on The Panzers of Prokhorovka

The author of a new book destroys myths about the great tank battles of the Eastern Front.
Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley, many congratulations on your new book The Panzers of Prokhorovka. Was it the greatest tank battle(s) of the war? Thank you. It’s now generally accepted that it was the fighting around Brody and Dubno between the 26th and 29th July 1941, rather than...

The Soviet Victory at Prokhorovka

The Soviet Victory at Prokhorovka

The Soviet victory at Prokhorovka was not as emphatic as previously believed.
Ben Wheatley

It is important to remember (and often overlooked in the West) that despite suffering a very high number of armoured losses on 12 July during the battle of Prokhorovka the Soviets achieved their central aim of halting the German II SS Panzer Korps’ drive on the town...