Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (H) ART240

Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. (H) ART240DHM1022H. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys

South Staffordshire Reg

While the Commandos made it to the target building

disengage and ram again

1st Panzergruppe

91st Airborne from Upottery by Ivan Berryman

3 Troop C Squadron the 22nd Dragoons

Appointed Wing Navigational Officer during January 1944

As this was not a masonry dam

but Barnstorming played a vital role in aviation and probably put the idea of becoming a pilot in the minds of many young boys who would later go on to fly in combat during world war two

A clash between these two powers was inevitable

supplied with the original signatures of :

their crucial objectives to seize vital bridges