A groundbreaking book when first published in Russia in 2005, now Valeriy Zamulin's study of the crucible of combat during the titanic clash at Kursk--the fighting at Prokhorovka--is available in English in a revised and expanded format containing much unique new material, including additional information, images and new maps. A former staff member of the Prokhorovka Battlefield State Museum, Zamulin has dedicated years of his life to the study of the battle of Kursk, and especially the fighting on its southern flank involving the famous attack of the II SS Panzer Corps into the teeth of deeply-echeloned Red Army defenses. A product of five years of intense research into the once-secret Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Zamulin lays out in enormous detail the plans and tactics of both sides, culminating in the famous and controversial clash at Prokhorovka on 12 July 1943.

Includes maps of: Prokhorovka-Psel River Sector; Tomarovka-Iakovlevo-Syrtsevo Sector; Lipovyi Donets-Northern Donets Sector; OKH Operational Order No. 6 from 15 April 1943; Vatutin's Plan - Voronezh Front's System of Defense and the Assumed Directions of Enemy Attack; Penetration of the 52nd Guards Rifle Division's Defenses by Divisions of the 2nd Panzer Corps, 5 July 1943; 2nd Panzer Corps' Breakthrough to the Prokhorovka Axis, 6 July 1943; Combat Operations Southwest of Prokhorovka on 10 July 1943; Combat Operations Southwest of Prokhorovka on 11 July 1943; 3rd Panzer Corps' Breakthrough of the 69th Army's Second Army-level Line on 11 July and Pre-dawn Hours of 12 July 1943; Combat Operations in the Sector of Voronezh Front's Main Counterattack Grouping on 12 July 1943; Combat Operations between the Northern Donets and Lipovyi Donets Rivers, 13-15 July 1943.

The situation in the Kursk Sector as of July 1943 -- Defensive preparations of the Voronezh Front on the Southern Face of the Kursk Salient -- the 5th Guards Tank Army and its Commander, P. A. Rotmistrov -- Fighting on the Voronezh Front 's Sector 5-9 July 1943 -- The II SS Panzer Corps reaches the Prokhorovka Axis -- The advance of the Stavka's Reserves to Prokhorovka -- Combat operations on 10 and 11 July - the beginning of the Prokhorovka engagement -- Combat actions on the sector of 69th Army's 35th Guards Rifle Corps, 9-11 July 1943 -- Preparations for the Voronezh Front 's counterstroke -- Combat operations on main axis of the attack - the 5th Guards Tank Army -- Combat operations in the sector of the 5th Guards Army in the bend of the Psel River -- Combat operations of the 69th Army and Group Trufanov of the 5th Guards Tank Army on 12 July 1943 -- The 12th July counterattack and its results on supporting directions -- Preparations for combat operations on the Prokhorovka Axis from 13 July to 16 July 1943 -- Combat operations in the Psel River bend and Southwest of Prokhorovka - 13 July -- Combat operations of the 69th Army in the area of Rzhavets and Shakhovo 13-16 July -- The withdrawal of the 69th Army's 48th Rifle Corps from threatened encirclement between the Lipovyi and the Northern Donets Rivers, 15 July 1943 -- The results of the Prokhorovka engagement - myths and reality -- Appendices:1. Thoughts on the nature and proper designation of the combat at Prokhorovka ; 2. German order of battle in the Battle of Kursk, Belgorod-Oboian-Kursk Axis, 1 July 1943 ; 3. Red Army order of battle in the Battle of Kursk, the Belgorod-Oboian-Kursk Axis, 1 July 1943.