During the night of 19-20 July 1944, the I./Pz.Rgt. 24's 76 Panthers set off in a one kilometre column, with four yards between each tank. For for the veteran Panzerschutzen, this would be a new and bloody battle; for the recruits, this would be their baptism of fire. This book by Didier Lodieu - [...]
The Battle of Kursk was one of the greatest confrontations of the Eastern Front of World War II. It remains the largest armoured engagement of all time, and included the most costly single day of aerial conflict in history. This was large scale warfare: the manpower used and area covered in the batt[...]