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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.
Some estimates of Soviet strength in the Battle of Kursk surpass 2 million troops and more than 7,000 tanks. The numerical advantage tipped even further to the Soviet side when on July 9, Allied ...
Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was the German offensive operation in July 1943 against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient, proposed by Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein during the Second World War on the Eastern Front that initiated the Battle of Kursk.
Operation Kutuzov was the northern offensive (the other being the Donbas offensive south of Kursk), with its objective being to collapse the Orel salient, cut behind the 9th Army engaged in offensive operations at Kursk, encircle and annihilate it. In doing so they hoped to cause a general collapse of the German forces in the Soviet Union.
This order of battle does not show the complete composition of the Steppe Front. In addition to the units listed below, there were also the 4th Guards , 27th , 47th and 53rd Armies . [ 24 ] The 4th Guards, [ 25 ] 27th, 47th, and the 53rd Armies were held in reserve during the battle and thus did not participate. [ 26 ]
Ukraine's offensive into Kursk shows that achieving surprise, even on a heavily surveilled modern battlefield, is still possible. Ukraine's offensive into Kursk shows that achieving surprise, even ...
After devastating battlefield losses — 1,000 troops from the Hermit Kingdom were killed and 3,000 others are missing or were captured — they were pulled from fighting, according to reports.
During the Battle of Kursk the 70th Army fought on the left flank of the 2nd Tank Army and played a role in stopping the German 9th Army that was trying to break through to Kursk from the north. [6] During the subsequent Red Army counterattack, the 70th Army took part in Operation Kutuzov and attacked Trosna to the south of the town of Kromy ...