On the Eastern Front of World War II, fighting erupted in densely populated areas during the Battle of Prokhorovka beginning July 11, 1943. The 44th Guards Tank Brigade Infantry of the Soviet Army, which suffered numerous battle casualties, stood by to support Soviet tanks in order to continue the offensive.

　　On the Eastern Front of World War II, fighting erupted in densely populated areas during the Battle of Prokhorovka beginning July 11, 1943. After suffering numerous battle casualties, the 44th Guards Tank Brigade Infantry of the Soviet Army stood by to continue the offensive, with Soviet tank support; the 44th Guards Tank Brigade Infantry fought to liberate nearby Ukraine from the Battle of Kursk and from German forces.

　In the summer of 1943, the German command planned a major offensive in the Kursk-Balge area. The Germans hoped to destroy Soviet forces in the Orel region and north of Kharkov, and from July 10 to 16 a major battle was fought in the Prokhorovka area.

　Part of the defensive battle of the Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle ever fought in Prokhorovka. The Germans, convinced that it would be impossible to defeat the Soviet Red Army in the direction of Oboyansk, changed the direction of their main attack and began advancing on Kursk through Prokhorovka. The 2nd SS Panzer Tank Corps, including part of the German 3rd Panzer Tank Corps, invaded. The Soviets held off the Germans at a point 2 km from Prokhorovka. The first clashes of the Battle of Prokhorovka took place on the evening of July 11, and on the morning of July 12, the Soviet I Corps led four tank corps in an attack on the Germans. Two tank corps entered the Soviet 2nd Corps, located southwest of Prokhorovka. One of the largest anti-tank battles in history broke out between the railroad and the bend of the Pshol River. From the air the Germans were attacked by fighter planes. The ground was obscured by smoke and soot. In the battle of Prokhorovka, the quantity and quality of tanks fought head-to-head. The Germans could not break through Kursk, and the 5th Guards Tank Army could not reach the direction of Yakovlevo and could not defeat the Soviets. The road to Kursk was closed to the Soviet forces.

　The number of participants and casualties in the battle of Prokhorovka are still disputed. A total of approximately 1.2 thousand Soviet tanks were lost, about 800 Soviet tanks and 400 German tanks. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Soviet Red Army lost about 670 tanks and 470 of its self-propelled artillery units that participated in the July 12 counterattack near Prokhorovka. The Germans lost 50 of their 490 tanks. About 35,000 Soviet Red Army soldiers were killed in the battle, and the German 2nd SS Tank Corps lost about 70,000 men. Over the next three days, the battle moved south of Prokhorovka, and the Germans attempted to break through the Soviet halo in the area between Seversky Donets and Lipovy Donets, but the German onslaught was held back.On July 16, the Germans called off their attack and began withdrawing toward Belgorod, and in the Battle of Kursk A decisive German retreat came.