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  2. Battle of Kursk - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Battle of Kursk - HISTORY

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    The battle was Germanys last chance to regain dominance on the Eastern Front during World War II and would be their final blitzkrieg offensive.

  4. Battle of Kursk | Eastern Front, German Offensive, Soviet...

    www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Kursk

    The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft. It marked the decisive end of the German offensive capability on the Eastern Front and cleared the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944–45.

  5. Greatest Tank Battle in HistoryThe Battle of Kursk

    www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-of-kursk-tank.html

    Fought from the 5 th to the 23 rd of July 1943, the Battle of Kursk was the greatest tank battle in history. Intended by German planners as an opportunity to break through Soviet defenses, it instead became the last great German push on the Eastern Front of World War Two.

  6. The Soviet advance at Kursk was a turning-point in WW2 Winning the biggest tank battle in history - against Nazi Germany at Kursk in 1943 - remains a great source of pride for Russians.

  7. The Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 was one of the biggest battles in World War II, if not history, with over 8,000 tanks being deployed.

  8. The Battle of Kursk: 75 years on - Pursuit

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    This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk (5-16 July 1943). Its climax, the Battle of Prokhorovka (12 July), is routinely described as “one of the largest tank battles in military history.”

  9. The 1943 battle of Kursk: was it the biggest tank battle in...

    www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/kursk-1943-tanks-battle

    The 1943 battle of Kursk: was it the biggest tank battle in history? The Second World War saw one of the most epic tank battles in history, as the Germans and the Soviets clashed near Kursk. Julian Humphrys tells the story…

  10. The Battle of Kursk: Clash of the Tanks - HistoryNet

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    As Soviet formations, including those from Fifth Army, put pressure on XLVIII Panzer Corps, the largest armored clash of World War II—involving the 294 armored fighting vehicles of II SS Panzer Corps and 616 Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns—ignited west of Prokhorovka.

  11. The Battle of Kursk: the largest tank battle in history

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    The German forces neared Prokhorovka, 54 miles southeast of Kursk, but before they could attack the Soviets countered on 12 July with a force of five tank brigades, leading to one of the largest tank battles in military history.