Experience World War 2 tiimi on taas julkaissut uuden kartan nimeltä "Operation Zitadelle". Kartan isot laakeat alueet näyttävät mainioilta paikoilta suurille tankkitaisteluille.
Operation Zitadelle was the German attempt to destroy the Kursk salient in July of 1943. 2,700 German tanks, 900,000 men and 2,000 aircraft faced off against 3,600 Soviet tanks, 1.3 million men and 2,400 aircraft, all heavily fortified.
The goal was to attack simultaneously from the south towards Oboyan and from the north towards Kursk. The two thrusts would then meet in the center of the salient, cutting it off and trapping the Soviet troops inside.
The Soviets knew far in advance that the Germans planned to attack in the Kursk sector and spent several months building hidden anti-tank gun emplacements, trenches, airfields and minefields. Eventually the area had seven echelons of defenses several miles deep. The plan, designed by Gregori Zhukov, was to allow the Germans to fight to a standstill against the defenses before a massive counter attack would destroy the Germans.
Ultimately, though the Nazis nearly broke through the Soviet defenses, the Soviet defense worked just as Zhukov planned. After their successful defense, the Red Army gained the initiative and maintained it for the remainder of the war.
The map here depicts the fighting for the Prokhorovka, a tiny village on the way to Oboyan. This village became the scene of some of the heaviest fighting of the entire battle. On the 12th of July General Hoth's 600 tanks fought the Fifth Guards Tank Army's 850 tanks point blank. This was the largest armoured clash in history with nearly 1500 tanks involved. The map was made using a topographical map of the area.
[kuva]http://www.soldiersfromfinland.com/battlefield.fi/kuvat/xww2_iso_01.jpg[/kuva] [kuva]http://www.soldiersfromfinland.com/battlefield.fi/kuvat/xww2_iso_02.jpg[/kuva] [kuva]http://www.soldiersfromfinland.com/battlefield.fi/kuvat/xww2_iso_03.jpg[/kuva]
[kuva]http://www.soldiersfromfinland.com/battlefield.fi/kuvat/xww2_iso_04.jpg[/kuva] [kuva]http://www.soldiersfromfinland.com/battlefield.fi/kuvat/xww2_iso_05.jpg[/kuva] [kuva]http://www.soldiersfromfinland.com/battlefield.fi/kuvat/xww2_iso_06.jpg[/kuva]
MAINOS
MAINOS
1
1