In July 1943, Germany launched Operation Citadel with elite Panzer and Waffen SS units in an attempt to smash the Soviet defenses around the Kursk salient. Instead of a quick breakthrough, the ...
On 12 July 1943, the battlefield at Prokhorovka erupted into chaos as hundreds of German and Soviet tanks collided during the Battle of Kursk. In the middle of the fighting, SS Lieutenant Rudolf von ...