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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 was the single largest battle in the history of warfare. It ranks only behind the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier, as the most oft… See more

    Date5 July 1943 – 23 August 1943 · (1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)
    ResultSoviet victory
    Territorial changesSoviets regain territory along a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) wide front after the battle. · Soviets regain initiative to strike in southern Ukraine
    Background

    As the Battle of Stalingrad slowly ground to its conclusion, the Red Army moved to a general offensive in the south, in Operation Little Saturn. By January 1943, a 160-to-300-kilometre-wide (99 to 186 mi) gap had opened bet… See more

    Opposing forces

    For the operation, the Germans used four armies along with a large portion of their total tank strength on the Eastern Front. On 1 July, the 9th Army of Army Group Centre based in the northern side of the salient contained 3… See more

     
  1. The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front large-scale battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the late summer of 1943; it ultimately became the largest tank battle in history and resulted in a Soviet victory.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.

    www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Kursk
    The Battle of Kursk was a decisive Soviet victory against the Germans in the Second World War, lasting between July 5 th and August 23 rd 1943. It is remembered as being an intensive tank battle, earning the reputation of being the ‘greatest tank battle’ in military history.
    worldwar2.org.uk/the-battle-of-kursk
    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.
    www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-of-ku…
    The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.
    www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-kursk
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