Kursk: The Greatest Battle Tank Panzer II Valentines were also passed in

Valentines were also passed in significant numbers to the Soviet Union under the "lend-lease" program

and a 700hp engine giving good mobility - truly a complete performance package

giving the authors full access to the Museum's Panzer III collection

many modifications for desert operations were accomplished

Kursk: The Greatest Battle Tank Panzer II Valentines were also passed inBy Lloyd Clark 5th July 1943: the greatest land battle of all time began around the town of Kursk in Russia. This epic confrontation between German and Soviet forces was one of the most important military engagements in history and epitomised 'total war'. It was also one of the most bloody, characterised by hideous excess and outrageous atrocities. The battle concluded with Germany having incurred nearly three million dead and the Soviet Union a