{"id":890,"date":"2024-07-08T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=890"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:56:24","slug":"operation-zitadelle-kursk-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=890","title":{"rendered":"Zitadelle\u2014the Battle of Kursk, part 2: Episode 52"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What I thought would be a single episode has turned into a series. Here is Part 2 of the biggest tank battle in history \u2014 or at least, of the Second World War.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933018\/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 1: The Eastern Front, 1943-44<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/8tngqiii2fu5dexw\/Panther-PanzerV-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-2321-34.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Panther-PanzerV-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-244-23...\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4634146341463414;width:600px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Image 3: The Ferdinand or &#8220;Elefant&#8221; self-propelled gun<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/hdqgfqhzzwtieup3\/Elefant_USAOM-01.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elefant_USAOM-01.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6666666666666667;width:300px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Restored Elefant at the United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center. Source: Wikipedia. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elefant\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elefant<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted on Audioboom. See Beyond Barbarossa\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?page_id=3\">privacy policy\u00a0<\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I thought would be a single episode has turned into a series. Here is Part 2 of the biggest tank battle in history \u2014 or at least, of the Second World War. 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