PROKHOROVKA: In the early morning hours of July 7th, 1943, units of the 2nd SS Panzer
Division Das Reich and the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army became intermingled
in darkness and dense fog. As the sun rose and the fog began to lift, tanks
engaged each other at ranges of 50 yards or less. Soon the field was littered
with burnt-out vehicles. The SS juggernaut had been stopped.
