Herr Falle wrote:
Hi Vrylakas
Love the quiz.
That´s the myth. The newest finding´s on the battle of Prochorovka is what I wrote. So just give me the benefit of doubt (please) and if you are intrested you can check out my source. 
I always give the benefit of a doubt, brother Falle; little in history is written in stone.
I haven't had time obviously to read your source for this theory but I did fish around for some reviews, and what troubles me about it is their thesis seems to be that the Soviets over-stated the German casualties, and exaggerated the significance of the battle. Having dealt directly with Soviet-style schools I can certainly believe that the Soviets would do that but it is beside the point as far as the battle goes. But even if I am willing to entertain the idea that the German losses were exaggerated, the problem is that the point of a battle isn't necessarily to kill more of the other guy's soldiers, it's to achieve a military goal, a mission.
Operation Citadel was designed by the Germans to reduce a Soviet salient, and more importantly to try to knock the steam out of the Soviets' westward advance momentum. The Battle(s) of Kursk were the result, and while you can quibble over numbers of casualties the bottom line is the Soviets halted the German attack and did great damage to the Wehrmacht in the process, and the ultimate German goal - halting or impeding the Soviet advance - failed miserably. The Germans' battle mission goals were left unachieved, and that means failure. The Germans were defeated.
Perhaps we should start a new thread on WWII eastern front, since its bound to be alot of intressting things to discuss about it.
Not a bad idea. It sounds like the kind of topic many in this forum would like to chew on. Start it and we'll jump in.
God, its hard to remember how to spell english. It´s been a while since I wrote something, in english what is.
Und Deutsch ist für mich sehr schwer....
