World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a>, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokhorovka" id="mwAXc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prokhorovka">Prokhorovka</a>.