adolf hitler, that is , the ss armored troops, which were the highest quality in terms of personnelg and the best armed. in early july , the tension at the front grew every day. will it work? they will begin the offensive at 3:00 a.m., on july 5 , 1943, a decision was made to conduct contract training on our fronts in order to , well, hit the german strike forces, it was carried out at 2:00 a.m., well, of course, yes, they hit the areas, it was not reconnoitered where the blow was concentrated on the german groups, but nevertheless it delayed the german offensive for several hours, and the germans realized what awaited them already. on the morning of july 5, 1943, german troops of army group center under the command of model began an offensive from the orel region on rokossovsky's central front. the entire military might of the reich, which had been amassed near kursk for several months, was set in motion. the nazi tank columns moved in a steel wedge toward our trenches. it reminded us of what the germans had used back in the 13th century, like a pig, in a wedge, that is, in front o