Long called the largest tank battle in history, Prokhorovka has become one of the most repeated and misunderstood episodes of World War II. In reality, the clash between the German II SS Panzer Corps ...

By July 12, 1943, the elite II SS Panzer Corps had been fighting for six relentless days when it collided with Soviet armor near Prokhorovka. Popular history remembers Tigers dominating at long range, ...