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Old September 22nd, 2006, 06:50 PM
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well that was agoofy video for sure as I have those very same film footage.

If I may : Deutsche Wocheschau quite a bit chopped up to make a documentary. the only thing closely resembling the Kursk sphere is the beginning with the Das Reich Tiger Komapnie and at the end when it is repeateded again the with same Tiger Koampanies and Pz. Grenaider units.
Second phase of film shows early 40-41 MkIV's and short barreled Stugs not incorporated at Kursk, in fact some of it is Western front.
Winter scenes are a combination W-SS and Heer plus Luftw. Fallschirm. a mix of W-SS on the Ost front grenaiders escorting 6 long barrel stugs which destroy at least that many T-34's, something you do not witness on this film shown. Some of the fottage is also late war spring of 45 on the Western front.
Pics of knocked out T-34's and dead German civilians run over by Soviet tanks are taken from a terrible battle at Ebenrode in Ost Preussia in the fall of 44 where the Soviets lost 400 tanks.
the Luftwaffe nearly crashing on wet fields are JG 2 Fw 190D-9's and Bf 109G-10's of JG 11 on 1-1-45 at Bodenplatte in Belgium.
We then proceed back to the spring muck on the Ost front of 45 with Hetzers and the tri-2cm Fla on half-tracks ........... more mish mash and finally back in 1943 to close with Tigers and grenadiers.

note: there are actually a series of times-tapes/videos of the Germans at Kursk and the Mius in the Deutsche Wocheschau footage ....... all pure propaganda for the German folk back home

thanks for sharing the video
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