Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography
The article examines the stereotypes of the course of the Battle of Kursk that have developed at different times, distorting the real historical picture. Various approaches to assessing the significance of the counterattack of the 5th Guards Tank Army near Prokhorovka have been investigated. Some co...
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| description | The article examines the stereotypes of the course of the Battle of Kursk that have developed at different times, distorting the real historical picture. Various approaches to assessing the significance of the counterattack of the 5th Guards Tank Army near Prokhorovka have been investigated. Some contradictions and gaps of modern historical works are revealed. The article focuses on the exaggeration by the authors of historical works of the role of the new German Tiger tanks in the battles near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. An attempt is also made to investigate the stereotype that has developed in historical works about the complete uselessness of T-70 light tanks in the battle of Prokhorovka on July 12 and the low combat qualities of the British Churchill heavy tanks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f574f9455364916932f99f1dc3553262023-09-10T15:25:54ZengSaratov State UniversityИзвестия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия: История. Международные отношения1819-49072542-19132023-08-0123330431210.18500/1819-4907-2023-23-3-304-312Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian HistoriographyVoyeikov, Evgenij V.0Penza Branch of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, 33b Kalinina St., Penza 440031, RussiaThe article examines the stereotypes of the course of the Battle of Kursk that have developed at different times, distorting the real historical picture. Various approaches to assessing the significance of the counterattack of the 5th Guards Tank Army near Prokhorovka have been investigated. Some contradictions and gaps of modern historical works are revealed. The article focuses on the exaggeration by the authors of historical works of the role of the new German Tiger tanks in the battles near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. An attempt is also made to investigate the stereotype that has developed in historical works about the complete uselessness of T-70 light tanks in the battle of Prokhorovka on July 12 and the low combat qualities of the British Churchill heavy tanks.https://imo.sgu.ru/sites/imo.sgu.ru/files/text-pdf/2023/09/istoriya_2023_3-304-312.pdfcounterattack near prokhorovka“tiger” tankt-70 tank“churchill” tank5th guards tank army |
| spellingShingle | Voyeikov, Evgenij V. Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия: История. Международные отношения counterattack near prokhorovka “tiger” tank t-70 tank “churchill” tank 5th guards tank army |
| title | Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography |
| title_full | Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography |
| title_fullStr | Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography |
| title_short | Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography |
| title_sort | tank battle near prokhorovka key assessments and judgments in modern russian historiography |
| topic | counterattack near prokhorovka “tiger” tank t-70 tank “churchill” tank 5th guards tank army |
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