What was the largest tank battle in the history of warfare?
The battle took place in Summer of 1943 was on a scale almost unimaginable today. The Germans fielded 3,253 tanks and over 940,000 men. The Soviet Union 5,128 tanks and about 2 and a half million men.
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Todd Cates
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David Rozental
Read about it and saw on hustory channel, germans advance was halted and war if attrition started that led to germany ultimate defeat
Sankararao Nagalla
got it right
Douglas Oaten
I only got it right because I found that out just a few days ago in a French documentary called "Age of Tanks" on Netflix. Incredible
Rogel R. Cleto
I missed it, always thought it's the battle of the Bulge
hector tubens
Had no idea but great question.
George Oliver Prince
Missed it, but enjoyed the question and answer
Johnny Rock
That's astonishing trivia. Thanks.
Joseph A. Robitaille
Great, hard question to answer. Well done.
Sonia Ackhurst
Missed that - incredible
Val Tweedie
I have reported this question four time. But it keeps coming up so I thought I would quess any answer and got the right wrong answer. The answer is wrong it’s the little know Battle of BRODY. Look it up
John D Thomas
And that tank in the picture was not in the battle!
scottlarock
I knew this... was assigned to a tank battalion for a while...
Darlene Davidson
I can't believe I got this right. I guess I'm smarter than most 11 year olds.
billptxb
Battle of Prokhorovka (part of Battle of Kursk) 12 July 1943. Known as the largest tank battle in military history, the Battle of Prokhorovka saw 800-850 tanks of the Soviet army line up against the significantly smaller force of the Germans