Kursk - Day by Day - 8th 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, 8th July 1943
Date/Time Source G/R Note Prokhovkha?
08/00:003Mainly dry day; some cloudbursts pm
08/02:301DAWN
08/05:001R5GT Army arrives SW of Stary Oskol; takes all day to concentrate
08/05:003G1.LSSAH/StuG.LSSAH move off for assault on Bol. Majatschki
08/06:001R40 Army launches -demonstration attack- on German left wing
08/06:003R6 T-34s attack from NW of Pokrovka; repulsed; 1 destroyedY
08/06:453R13 tanks attack II/2.LSSAH at North Luchki from Mal Majatschki; repulsed
08/07:103G1.LSSAH/StuG.LSSAH report capture of Bol Majatschki
08/08:003GPz.SSDR/Pz.LSSAH move out to attack to NW
08/09:001GGD attacks and takes hill 260.8; then assaults Verkhopenye; Russians hold on
08/09:203GPz.SSDR/Pz.LSSAH run into more than 40 Russian tanks SE of Wesselyi; engagement lasts 70 minutes
08/10:004GSSDR hit by tank attack (40) at Teterevino; repulsedY
08/10:004GSSDR hit by tank attack at Kalinin; some slip throughY
08/10:303RRemaining tanks in contact with Pz.SSDR/Pz.LSSAH break off, turn S and attack I/2.LSSAH in Jablotschki
08/11:003GPz.LSSAH/Pz.SSDR regroup and attack W
08/11:303R4 T-34s attack N Luchki from the E having slipped by SSDR; all destroyedY
08/11:303R4 T-34s attack NW of Pokrovka; repulsed; 2 destroyedY
08/11:453G2.LSSAH reinforced at N Luchki by Pi.LSSAH/StuG.LSSAH following sightings of major Russian tank force NE of Teterevino
08/12:003R4 T-34s attack N of Bol Majatschki; all 4 destroyed by 1.LSSAHY
08/12:004G167ID hit by tank attack (60) at Ternovka; Bde of 2GT; repulsedY
08/12:053GPz.LSSAH/Pz.SSDR attack Wesselyi and hills 239.6/227.4
08/16:002R5GT Corps, with 100TB attached, attacks LSSAH
08/18:153GPz.LSSAH attacked by more than 30 tanks/AGs from N and E; more than 20 destroyedY
08/20:00DUSK
08/End1R7 counter-attacks launched against GD; 35 destroyed by GD-s StuG BattnY
08/End1G4Pz Army has 501 AFVs (-125); 2SSPz 270 (-40); 48Pz 231 (-85)Y
08/End1G76 PzVs now broken downY
08/End3GLSSAH claims 82 Russian tanks destroyed; Pz.LSSAH to be pulled back for repairsY
08/End4G2SSPz Corps claims 290 Russian tanks destroyedY



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