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- Battle_of_Kursk abstract "The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 kilometres or 280 miles south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. The German offensive was code-named Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) and led to one of the largest armoured clashes in history, the Battle of Prokhorovka. The German offensive was countered by two Soviet counter-offensives, Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev (Russian: Полководец Румянцев) and Operation Kutuzov (Russian: Кутузов). For the Germans, the battle represented the final strategic offensive they were able to mount in the Eastern Front. For the Soviets, the victory gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.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.The Kursk salient or bulge was 250 kilometres (160 mi) long from north to south and 160 kilometres (99 mi) from east to west. By eliminating the Kursk salient, the Germans would also shorten their lines of defence, nullify Soviet numerical superiority in critical sectors (which would release some of the burden the Germans were forced to take and give them time to regroup and plan another offensive against the Soviets) and regain the initiative from the Soviets. The plan envisioned an envelopment by a pair of pincers breaking through the northern and southern flanks of the salient. German dictator Adolf Hitler believed that a victory here would reassert German strength and improve his prestige with his allies, who were considering withdrawing from the war. It was also hoped that large numbers of Soviet prisoners would be captured to be used as slave labour in the German armaments industry.The Soviets had intelligence of the German intentions, provided in part by the British intelligence service and Tunny intercepts. Aware months in advance that the attack would fall on the neck of the Kursk salient, the Soviets built a defence in depth designed to wear down the German panzer spearheads. The Germans delayed the offensive, while they tried to build up their forces and waited for new weapons, mainly the new Panther tank but also larger numbers of the Tiger heavy tank. This gave the Red Army time to construct a series of deep defensive belts. The defensive preparations included minefields, fortifications, artillery fire zones and anti-tank strong points, which extended approximately 300 km (190 mi) in depth. Soviet mobile formations were moved out of the salient and a large reserve force was formed for strategic counter-offensives.The Battle of Kursk was the first time in the Second World War that a German strategic offensive was halted before it could break through enemy defences and penetrate to its strategic depths. The maximum depth of the German advance was 8–12 kilometres (5.0–7.5 mi) in the north and 35 kilometres (22 mi) in the south. Though the Red Army had succeeded in winter offensives previously, their counter-offensives following the German attack at Kursk were their first successful strategic summer offensives of the war.".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** 159 aircraft".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** 323 tanks and assault guns destroyed,and c. 600 tanks and assault guns damaged".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** 54,182 men".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** 681 aircraft (for 5–31 July)".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** Approximately 198,000 MIA, KIA, & WIA (per German military medical data)".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** Estimate 760 tanks and assault guns destroyed".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "** c. 500 guns".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "*Battle of Kursk:".
- Battle_of_Kursk causalties "*Operation Citadel:".
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Erich_von_Manstein.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Georgy_Zhukov.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Günther_von_Kluge.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Hermann_Hoth.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Ivan_Konev.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Konstantin_Rokossovsky.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Nazi_Germany.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Nikolai_Fyodorovich_Vatutin.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Soviet_Union.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Walter_Model.
- Battle_of_Kursk commander Werner_Kempf.
- Battle_of_Kursk date "1943-07-05".
- Battle_of_Kursk date "1943-07-12".
- Battle_of_Kursk date "1943-07-16".
- Battle_of_Kursk date "1943-08-23".
- Battle_of_Kursk isPartOfMilitaryConflict Eastern_Front_(World_War_II).
- Battle_of_Kursk place Kursk.
- Battle_of_Kursk place Soviet_Union.
- Battle_of_Kursk result "* The SovietRed Armygains the initiative over the GermanWehrmacht".
- Battle_of_Kursk result "*Axislose ability to initiate offensivestrategicoperations".
- Battle_of_Kursk result "DecisiveSoviet victory".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 1,910,361 men".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 2,500,000 men".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 2,928 tanks".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 25,013 guns and mortars".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 3,253 tanks".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 47,416 guns and mortars".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 5,128 tanks".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 7,360 tanks".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 780,900 men".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 9,467 guns and mortars".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 9,966 guns and mortars".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "** 940,900 men".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "*2,110 aircraft".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "*2,792to 3,549aircraft".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "*Operation Citadel:".
- Battle_of_Kursk strength "*Soviet counteroffensive phase:".
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