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Kursk topographic map on EBAY
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 7:10 am
by Vor
A wartime 1:50,000 five color topographic map of the
Prokhorovka region.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...item=1537048864
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 7:35 am
by Supervisor
Link no worky!
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 2:02 pm
by Don Doom
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 2:03 pm
by Seagull
Try:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1537048864
Looks pretty darn cool
No idea why the URL displays in a truncated form, but the link appears valid in Netscape
Re: Kursk topographic map on EBAY
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 2:04 pm
by Don Doom
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 4:36 pm
by Henri
Just to nitpick, that is a map of Prokhorovka (Alexandrovsky) and not Kursk. At least that is what the Russian label says...
Henri
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 4:47 pm
by Belisarius
To nitpick more, isn't the Prokhorovka area the one we're thinking of when we say "Kursk" ?
B'sides, why does it say "Aleksandrovskij" in bold? Was that the Soviet name?
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 9:47 pm
by Henri
Originally posted by Belisarius
To nitpick more, isn't the Prokhorovka area the one we're thinking of when we say "Kursk" ?
My understanding is that Prokhorovka is the name of the small town near where the famous tank battle took place, which was only a small part of the whole "Battle of Kursk" or "Operation Citadel" area, which refers to the larger city nearby.
Henri
Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 10:36 pm
by Belisarius
Originally posted by Henri
My understanding is that Prokhorovka is the name of the small town near where the famous tank battle took place, which was only a small part of the whole "Battle of Kursk" or "Operation Citadel" area, which refers to the larger city nearby.
Henri
Yes, the Operation Citadel area was alot bigger:
The tank battle was all over the place, but the most famous fighting was along the ridge leading to Prokhorovka. This area is the southern tip of the "pincher" around Kursk, where the SS Panzer Corps of IV Panzer Army ran into too much trouble, IIRC.
The northern pincher movement went much better initially, but was also stopped.
My point was that at least in my mind, "Kursk" means the Prokhorovka fighting, altough the operation was MUCH larger than that.
I'll shut up now