Hitler, unwilling to face the reality that the tide of war was beginning to turn against him, hoped to regain the initiative by launching Operation “Citadel.” This was intended to cut off the Kursk salient and create a gap in the Soviet front, which could then be exploited. Indeed, the battles of this “Unknown War” involved many ferocious clashes between forces the size of which have not been seen before or since.Īfter initially attacking the Soviet Union in June, 1941, Hitler’s forces had been steadily pushed back by the Soviets since the ignominious defeat and surrender of Von Paulus’ Sixth Army at the gates of Stalingrad in January, 1943, and Von Manstein’s brilliant counteroffensive at Kharkov in March, 1943. He is the in-house historian for the online game World of Tanks, and he has a YouTube channel covering armored history.The cataclysmic battles between the Germans and Soviets on the Eastern Front during World War II have only recently gained the attention in the United States they deserve. Moran is an armor officer on M1 Abrams tanks and M3 Bradleys, with combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Moran also explains the realism of tank battles on icy, sandy, and mountainous terrain in "The Beast" (1988), "Operation Red Sea" (2018), and "The Fate of the Furious" (2017) with Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel. He looks at World War I tanks and other armored vehicles in "All Quiet on the Western Front" (2022), "Rambo III" (1988) with Sylvester Stallone, and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) featuring Christian Bale. Moran breaks down the accuracy of World War II tanks in "Band of Brothers" E3 (2001), "T-34" (2019), and "Fury" (2014) with Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf. Military vehicle historian and armor officer Nicholas Moran rates more tank battles in movies and television for realism.
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