Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. NRG1212 Peter Cremer (deceased)

Peter Cremer (deceased)

and then cut down by fire from Smith's batteries of Bengal Horse Artillery

having pushed the Soviet forces out of the city and across the Vistula River

Paper size 26 inches x 23

Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. NRG1212 Peter Cremer (deceased)DHM1022. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys