Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests/Battle of Prokhorovka

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While the general public probably does not care, but to be technically correct, wasn't the SS Panzer Corp part of the Waffen-SS? Suggest rephrasing as follows (additions in bold):

The Battle of Prokhorovka (12 July 1943), one of the largest tank battles in history, was fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War in the Eastern Front. It was the climax of the German offensive, Operation Citadel, and occurred when the 5th Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Red Army intercepted the German II SS-Panzer Corps ~~of the German Wehrmacht~~. The 5th Guards Tank Army was decimated in the attack, but succeeded in preventing the ~~Wehrmacht~~ German forces from capturing Prokhorovka and breaking through the last heavily fortified Soviet defensive belt. The German high command cancelled Operation Citadel and began redeploying its forces to deal with new pressing developments elsewhere. The failure of the operation marked the first time in the war that a major German offensive was halted before it could break through enemy defences and penetrate into their operational or strategic depths. The Soviet Union thus permanently gained the strategic initiative, while ~~the Germans~~ Germany permanently lost the capacity to launch ~~any major~~ offensives of such scale in on the Eastern Front.

These are really minor changes; so I'm leaving up to the main contributor to decide. I'd be fine either way. Thanks for including me! K.e.coffman (talk) 03:49, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the changes. All the Waffen-SS units were subordinated to the Wehrmacht command and structure until late 1944 and early 1945 when Waffen-SS armies started to appear and proto-Waffen-SS army group, like Army Group Vistula, was formed. In 1943, the II SS-Panzer Corps reported to 4th Panzer Army, which reported to Army Group South, which reported to OKH. Incorporating your suggestions (will try to meet your intent where the change is not exact). EyeTruth (talk) 11:08, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]