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![]() ![]() ![]() Nor can one evaluate this confrontation solely in terms of the German offensive, which had clearly failed by mid-July. In particular, recent studies have demonstrated conclusively that the famous encounter at Prokhorovka on July 12, while certainly involving rather large mechanized forces, was neither as massive nor as decisive as earlier accounts portrayed it. ![]() As this bibliography should make clear, however, this latter claim is the subject of much revisionist historiography. On the one hand, it is a candidate for the title of “turning point,” in World War II, because it represents both the first instance in which German mechanized forces failed to penetrate prepared enemy defenses operationally-and therefore were unable to launch a Blitzkrieg-style exploitation-as well as the last full-scale German offensive on the so-called “Eastern Front.” On the other, Kursk has entered into popular legend as the greatest tank battle of all time, involving thousands of armored vehicles maneuvering in an unmatched swirl of destruction. The failed German offensive against the Kursk bulge in the summer of 1943 has two principal claims to fame. ![]()
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