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The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk is the single largest battle in the history of warfare.
Ulanok is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 87.3 kilometres (54.2 mi) southwest of Kursk, 10.9 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of the district centre of Sudzha. History
The Germans hoped to weaken the Soviet offensive potential for the summer of 1943 by cutting off a large number of forces that they anticipated would be in the Kursk salient. [20] The Kursk salient or bulge was 250 kilometres (160 mi) long from north to south and 160 kilometres (99 mi) from east to west. [21]
The Battle of Kursk order of battle is a list of the significant units that fought in the Battle of Kursk between July and August 1943. Units smaller than division size and Soviet aviation divisions are not shown in this order of battle.
History [ edit ] During the Russian counteroffensive launched on the evening of 10 September in the south-eastern direction of the Korenevsky district , [ 1 ] Russian forces were able to take the village of Lyubimovka [ ru ] by 14 September as reported by the Institute for the Study of War . [ 2 ]
Until 2010, Kursk had the status of historical settlement, but the Russian Ministry of Culture deprived the city of this status on 29 July 2010 in resolution No. 418/339. On 29 October 2011, for the first time in 30 years, the city opened a new firehouse for the protection of the Central District, with modern equipment.
The intense fighting in the Kursk region has forced more than 130,000 civilians to flee the area, and Ukraine said its forces had also taken hundreds of Russian prisoners of war during the operation.
On 16 August, Putin's aide Nikolai Patrushev claimed, without providing evidence, that the invasion of Kursk Oblast was "planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services", [233] calling the offensive "a desperate act, driven by the impending collapse of the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv." [234] [better source needed]