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The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory.
Oct 29, 2009 · 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...
库尔斯克会战（俄語： Битва под Курском ；英語： Battle of Kursk ），德國方面稱為堡垒行动（德語： Unternehmen Zitadelle ）是第二次世界大戰 德蘇战争中，德國與蘇聯於庫爾斯克爆發的一場大型会戰，雙方共投入了超過268萬名士兵和6,044輛戰車，會戰期間更 ...
庫斯克會戰 （俄語： Битва под Курском ；英語： Battle of Kursk ），德國方面稱為 堡壘行動 （德語： Unternehmen Zitadelle ）是 第二次世界大戰 德蘇戰爭 中，德國與蘇聯於 庫斯克 爆發的一場大型會戰，雙方共投入了超過268萬名士兵和6,044輛戰車，會戰期間更 ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Battle of Kursk, (July 5–August 23, 1943), unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk, in western Russia, during World War II. The salient was a bulge in the Soviet lines that stretched 150 miles (240 km) from north to south and protruded 100 miles (160 km) westward.
库尔斯克会战（Battle of Kursk）是第二次世界大战期间苏德战场的决定性战役之一，是第二次世界大战中最大的坦克会战；也是第二次世界大战最大规模的一场对攻战役，在库尔斯克爆发的一场会战，德军与苏联红军共出动了近8000辆坦克。
In 1942 they were defeated at Stalingrad, and in the summer of 1943 there was the Battle of Kursk, an even more decisive setback for Hitler than his disaster on the Volga. This latter engagement has been termed history’s greatest tank battle. Its dimensions stagger the imagination, and the tactics employed challenge the military mind.
Dec 1, 2010 · Eight hundred thousand men and 185 armored fighting vehicles of the Soviet Fifth Army streamed toward the front line south of Oboyan, 50 miles south of Kursk, while the 593 tanks, 37 self-propelled guns, and thousands of guns of the 5th Guards Tank Army pushed on to Prokhorovka, 22 miles to Oboyan’s southeast.
Jun 12, 2006 · The climax of Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk, involved as many as 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft and 2 million fighting men and is remembered as the greatest tank battle in history. The high-water mark of the battle was the massive armor engagement at Prochorovka (also spelled Prokhorovka), which began on July 12.
Apr 28, 2016 · To date, the most formidable obstacle to writing a balanced history of the battle of Kursk has been the unavailability of the German Ninth Army’s Kriegstagebuch, which the Red Army captured during the war and remains in Russian hands.
