Kursk - Day by Day - 6th July (South)



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The account below is for the action on the South of the Salient - leading up to the tank battle at Prokhorovka.
Day-by-day Account, 6th July 1943
Date/Time Source G/R Note Prokhovkha?
06/00:001Mud conditions prevail, following previous rain; dry day
06/02:301DAWN
06/02:301RPlanned Russian counter-attack called off and tanks dug in
06/07:303G1.LSSAH attacks hill 243.2 E of Jakovlevo
06/08:001GSSDR attacks hill 243; not taken until late morning
06/09:004GDF.SSDR halted in attempts to take hill 243
06/09:453G1.LSSAH breaks through Russian positions on hill 243.2; moves on to attack hill 230.5 NE of Jakovlevo
06/11:004GDF.SSDR shot onto hill 243 by div arty shoot
06/13:153R38 tanks attack 1.LSSAH/Pz.LSSAH E of Jakovlevo; 8 knocked outY
06/13:303G1.LSSAH takes hill 230.5; enables Pz.LSSAH to move up to attack
06/14:003R7 tanks attack I/2.LSSAH from Olchovka; repulsedY
06/15:353RInfantry battalion attacks Kosimo-Demjanovka; repulsed with heavy lossesY
06/16:303GPz.LSSAH attacks NE from Luchki towards Teterevino; 4 tanks lost to minesY
06/19:001R2T and 10T Corps to be moved up to Prokhorovka
06/19:001R5GT Army attached to Voronezh Front; ordered to concentrate W of Stary Oskol
06/19:303GII/2.LSSAH ordered to move to Teterevino to support Pz.LSSAH stuck there
06/20:00DUSK
06/22:453GII/2.LSSAH begins march to Teterevino to support Pz.LSSAH
06/End1G48Pz Corps makes no progress attempting to cross stream between Alekseyevka and Sertsev; branch of the Pena near Lukhanino
06/End1G4Pz Army has 621 AFVs (-244); 2SSPz 300 (-110); 48Pz 321 (-134)Y



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