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Artist: 
Dmitri Baltermants
Creation Date: 
1943
Exhibition: 
Dmitri Baltermants

"Tank Attack at Night," 1943
Gelatin silver print
Baltermants Photo Ogonyok magazine stamp in Russian on verso
Signed by artist on verso
16 x 23 1/4 inches

On July 4, 1943, almost 6,000 German and Russian tanks clashed near Kursk for the greatest tank battle in history. The Russians claimed victory in the last German offensive. The “backward” Soviets, and specifically their T-34 tanks, had defeated German technology.