Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 12 · Episode 10

The Mother of All Battles

S12E10·September 29, 1993·50m·BBC Two

It cost more lives than the British Army lost in the entire Second World War. The Battle of Kursk, south of Moscow, was fought 50 years ago. It was the biggest armoured battle in history. If this is the case, why have few of us ever heard of it? Timewatch investigates.

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