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Confident of victory, Germany’s II SS Panzer Corps advances to the Kursk front shortly before the beginning of the battle. (Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
Roger Viollet/Getty Images
Confident of victory, Germany’s II SS Panzer Corps advances to the Kursk front shortly before the beginning of the battle. (Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
Roger Viollet/Getty Images