This ground-breaking new study of the battles of Kursk and Prokhorovka will \ntransform our understanding of one of the most famous battles of the Second World \nWar, widely mythologized as the largest tank battle in history. \n'If ever there was a time for a sober, authoritative dissection of the myths the Soviets \nfashioned from the Eastern Front, it is now.' - Oliver Moody, Berlin Correspondent for \nThe Times \nToday in Russia there are three official sacred battlefields: Kulikovo, where the Mongols \nwere defeated in 1380; Borodino, where Russian troops slowed Napoleon’s Grande \nArmée before Moscow in 1812; the third is Prokhorovka. This is widely described as the \nmost critical tank battle of the Second World War, which saw the annihilation of Hitler’s \nelite Panzer force in the largest armoured clash in history and left Hitler with no \nalternative but to halt Germany’s offensive against the Kursk salient. Victory, on 12 July \n1943, at Prokhorovka over Hitler’s vaunted SS troops has traditionally been described \nas a turning point in the Second World War. \nThe Panzers of Prokhorovka challenges this narrative. The battle was indeed an \nimportant Soviet victory, but a very different one to that described above. Based on \nground-breaking archival research and supported by hitherto unpublished images of the \nbattlefield, Ben Wheatley argues that German armoured losses were in fact negligible \nand a fresh approach is required to understand Prokhorovka. As we reach the 80th \nanniversary of the battles of Kursk and Prokhorovka in 2023, The Panzers of \nProkhorovka tackles the many myths that have built up over the years, and presents a \nnew analysis of this famous engagement.