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4544:, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Prokhorovka, by morning of 8 July. Vatutin ordered a powerful counterattack by the 5th Guards, 2nd Guards, 2nd and 10th Tank Corps, in all fielding about 593 tanks and self-propelled guns and supported by most of the Front's available air power, which aimed to defeat the II SS Panzer Corps and therefore expose the right flank of XLVIII Panzer Corps. Simultaneously, the 6th Tank Corps was to attack the XLVIII Panzer Corps and prevent it from breaking through to the free Soviet rear. Although intended to be concerted, the counterattack turned out to be a series of piecemeal attacks due to poor coordination. The 10th Tank Corps' attack began on the dawn of 8 July but they ran straight into the antitank fire of the 2nd and 3rd SS Divisions, losing most of its forces. Later that morning, the 5th Guards Tank Corps' attack was repelled by the 3rd SS Division. The 2nd Tank Corps joined in the afternoon and was also repelled. The 2nd Guards Tank Corps, masked by the forest around the village Gostishchevo, 16 km (10 mi) north of Belgorod, with its presence unknown to the II SS Panzer Corps, advanced towards the 167th Infantry Division. But it was detected by German air reconnaissance just before the attack had materialized, and was subsequently decimated by German ground-attack aircraft armed with MK 103 anti-tank cannons and at least 50 tanks were destroyed. This marked the first time in military history an attacking tank formation had been defeated by air power alone. Although a fiasco, the Soviet counterattack succeeded in stalling the advance of the II SS Panzer Corps throughout the day.
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4991:, as of 5 July, the average number of infantry divisions in the 4th Tank Army and OG "Kempf" was 17,369, while the tank and motorized divisions were 18,410. On 30 August 1943, the average number of infantry divisions in the 4th Tank Army and OG "Kempf" was 8,269 men, and the tank and motorized divisions – 10,745 men. Then the average loss of personnel in the Battle of Kursk (excluding replenishment) is the same for infantry divisions: 9,100 men (52%); for tank and motorized divisions: 7,665 men (41%). At the same time, the losses of Army Group Center in the Battle of Kursk can be estimated by extrapolating the above estimate of the losses of the 4th Panzer Army and OG Kempf to the losses of Army Group Center. It should be considered that the losses of the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Kursk were 380,000 to 430,000 men. The Germans lost in the Battle of Kursk can be estimated from the balance of the armed forces of Germany from 1 June 1943 to 1 June 1944. The Wehrmacht's losses for this period were 3,705,500 men. The average two-month loss – 623,000 men, and the loss of the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Kursk accounted for 61–75 percent of the Wehrmacht's total losses in July–August 1943. Estimates of 380,000–430,000 casualties in the Battle of Kursk does not contradict the balance of its strength.
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merely capricious but were based on substantial logistical concerns, notably the preparation of new
Panther and Tiger tanks, which he believed were essential for a successful summer campaign. Recent examinations of wartime documents reveal that Stalin’s trust in his generals was underpinned by a well-coordinated defense strategy that had been meticulously planned and robustly fortified by early June 1943. The Soviet forces, contrary to the implications of passive or reactive strategies, were proactively prepared and strategically positioned, with manpower and artillery strengths reaching over 80 percent of their July capacity by mid-May, effectively nullifying the advantage a swifter German offensive might have achieved. This suggests that Soviet readiness and strategic placement, rather than mere autonomy, were crucial in determining the outcome at Kursk. Moreover, the detailed preparation and anticipation of the German offensive's axis highlight a sophisticated level of strategic defense that goes beyond the simple dichotomy of command autonomy versus interference, reflecting a deep integration of military readiness and strategic foresight.
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counterattack on the dawn of 6 July after the preparatory artillery barrage. The 16th Tank Corps, fielding about 200 tanks, attacked the XLVII Panzer Corps and ran into the Tiger tanks of the 505th Heavy Tank
Battalion, which knocked out 69 tanks and forced the rest to withdraw to the 17th Guards Rifle Corps of the 13th Army. Later that morning, the XLVII Panzer Corps responded with its own attack against the 17th Guards Rifle Corps entrenched around the village Olkhovatka in the second defensive belt. The attack commenced with an artillery barrage and was spearheaded by the 24 serviceable Tigers of the 505th Heavy Tank Battalion, but it failed to break the Red Army defence at Olkhovatka, and the Germans suffered heavy casualties. Olkhovatka was on high ground that provided a clear view of much of the frontline. At 18:30, the 19th Tank Corps joined the 17th Guards Rifle Corps further bolstering resistance. Rokossovsky also decided to dig in most of his remaining tanks to minimize their exposure. Ponyri, defended by the
5765:Цена Курской битвы – часть II. Красная армия победила, потому что воевала лучше. Владимир Литвиненко. Опубликовано в выпуске № 33 (746) за 28 августа 2018 года. Quote: "According to Stephen Newton, as of 5th July, the average number of infantry divisions in the 4th Tank Army and OG "Kempf" was 17,369, while the tank and motorized divisions were 18,410. On 30th August 1943, the average number of infantry divisions in the 4th Tank Army and OG "Kempf" was 8,269 men, and the tank and motorized divisions – 10,745 men. Then the average loss of personnel in the Battle of Kursk (excluding replenishment) is the same for infantry divisions were 9,100 men (52%), for tank and motorized divisions were 7,665 men (41%). At the same time, the losses of Army Group Center in the Battle of Kursk can be estimated by extrapolating the above estimate of the losses of the 4th Panzer Army and OG Kempf to the losses of Army Group Center. It should be considered that the losses of the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Kursk were 380,000 to 430,000 men"
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5024:. Before the Germans ended their offensive at Kursk, the Soviets began their counter-offensive and pushed the Germans back into a steady retreat. Thus, a report on 11 August 1943 showed that the numbers of write-offs in Panthers swelled to 156, with only 9 operational. The German Army was forced into a fighting retreat and increasingly lost tanks in combat as well as from abandoning and destroying damaged vehicles. On the Eastern Front, 50 Tiger tanks were lost during July and August, with some 240 damaged. Most of these occurred during their offensive at Kursk. Between 600 and 1,612 tanks and assault guns sustained damage in the period from 5 to 18 July. The total number of German tanks and assault guns destroyed during July and August on the Eastern Front amount to 1,331. Of these, Frieser estimates that 760 were destroyed during the Battle of Kursk. and Beevor writes that "the Red Army had lost five armoured vehicles for every German
4649:. The threat of further Allied landings in Italy or along southern France made Hitler believe it was essential to stop the offensive and move forces from Kursk to Italy. Kluge welcomed the news, as he was aware that the Soviets were initiating a massive counter-offensive against his sector but Manstein was less welcoming. Manstein's forces had just spent a week fighting through a maze of defensive works and he believed they were on the verge of breaking through to more open terrain, which would allow him to engage and destroy the Soviet armoured reserves in a mobile battle. Manstein stated, "On no account should we let go of the enemy until the mobile reserves he committed completely beaten". Hitler agreed temporarily to allow the continuation of the offensive in the southern part of the salient, but the following day he ordered Manstein's reserve – the XXIV Panzer Corps – to move south to support the 1st Panzer Army.
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offensive. Most of the division's tank losses occurred late in the afternoon as they advanced through mine fields against well-hidden Soviet anti-tank guns. Although the 3rd SS succeeded in reaching the
Karteschewka-Prokhorovka road, their hold was tenuous and it cost the division half of its armour. The majority of German tank losses suffered at Prokhorovka occurred here. To the south, the Soviet 18th and 29th Tank Corps had been thrown back by the 1st SS Panzer Division. The 2nd SS Panzer Division also repelled attacks from the 2nd Tank Corps and the 2nd Guards Tank Corps. Luftwaffe local air superiority over the battlefield also contributed to the Soviet losses, partly due to the VVS being directed against the German units on the flanks of II SS Panzer Corps. By the end of the day, the Soviets had fallen back to their starting positions.
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Karteschewka-Prokhorovka road. Once there, they were to strike southeast to attack the Soviet positions at Prokhorovka from the flanks and rear. The 1st and 2nd SS Panzer divisions were to wait until 3rd SS Panzer Division attack had destabilised the Soviet positions at Prokhorovka; and once underway, the 1st SS Panzer Division was to attack the main Soviet defences dug in on the slopes southwest of Prokhorovka. To the division's right, the 2nd SS Panzer Division was to advance eastward, then turn southward away from Prokhorovka to roll up the Soviet lines opposing the III Panzer Corps' advance and force a gap. During the night of 11 July, Rotmistrov moved his
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lost out of an initial strength of 2,308; a loss of over 100 percent. During
Polkovodets Rumyantsev, 1,864 tanks and self-propelled guns were lost out of the 2,439 employed. The loss ratio suffered by the Soviets was roughly 5:1 in favour of the Germans. Large Soviet reserves of equipment and their high rate of tank production enabled the Soviet tank armies to quickly replace lost equipment and maintain their fighting strength. The Red Army repaired many of its damaged tanks; many Soviet tanks were rebuilt up to four times to keep them in the fight. Soviet tank strength went back up to 2,750 tanks by 3 August due to the repair of damaged vehicles.
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1941:(military deception) to mask defensive positions and troop dispositions and to conceal the movement of men and materiel. These included camouflaging gun emplacements, constructing dummy airfields and depots, generating false radio-traffic, and spreading rumours among the Soviet frontline troops and the civilian population in the German-held areas. Movement of forces and supplies to and from the salient took place at night only. Ammunition caches were carefully concealed to blend in with the landscape. Radio transmission was restricted and fires were forbidden. Command posts were hidden and motor transport in and around them forbidden.
1677:, the Chief of Staff at the OKW, instructed the armed forces propaganda office to portray the upcoming operation as a limited counteroffensive. Due to concerns of an Allied landing in the south of France or in Italy and delays in deliveries of the new tanks, Hitler postponed again, this time to 20 June. Zeitzler was profoundly concerned with the delays, but he still supported the offensive. On 17–18 June, following a discussion in which the OKW Operations Staff suggested abandoning the offensive, Hitler further postponed the operation until 3 July then, on 1 July, Hitler announced 5 July as the launch date of the offensive.
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Division (of the 23rd Guards Rifle Corps) had failed when the regiment was reinforced by the 96th Tank
Brigade. Hausser, the commander of II SS Panzer Corps, requested aid from the III Panzer Corps to his right but it had no units to spare. By the end of the day, the 3rd SS Division had made very limited progress due in part to a tributary of the Donets river. The lack of progress undermined the advance made by its sister divisions and exposed the right flank of the corps to Soviet forces. The temperatures, reaching over 30 degrees Celsius, and frequent thunderstorms made fighting conditions difficult.
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approach march). A hundred
Panthers were in need of repair (56 were damaged by hits and mines and 44 by mechanical breakdown) and 60 percent of the mechanical breakdowns could be easily repaired. Approximately 40 Panthers had already been repaired and were on the way to the front. About 25 still had not been recovered by the repair service... On the evening of 11 July, 38 Panthers were operational, 31 were total write-offs and 131 were in need of repair. A slow increase in the combat strength is observable. The large number of losses by hits (81 Panthers up to 10 July) attests to the heavy fighting.
1908:, who attacked German communications and supply lines. The attacks were mostly behind Army Group North and Army Group Centre. In June 1943, partisans operating in the occupied area behind Army Group Centre destroyed 298 locomotives, 1,222 railway wagons and 44 bridges, and in the Kursk sector there were 1,092 partisan attacks on railways. These attacks delayed the build-up of German supplies and equipment, and required the diversion of German troops to suppress the partisans, delaying their training for the offensive. Central Partisan Headquarters coordinated many of these attacks. In June
4143:. A Soviet counterattack the following morning forced the Germans to withdraw, and a series of counterattacks ensued by both sides with control of the town being exchanged several times over the next few days. By 10 July, the Germans had secured most of the town, but Soviet counterattacks continued. The back and forth battles for Ponyri and the nearby Hill 253.5 were battles of attrition, with heavy casualties on both sides. The intensity led it to being referred to by the troops as "mini-Stalingrad" and by military historian Paul Carell as the "Stalingrad of the Kursk salient". The
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using more technologically advanced armour than in previous years, were unable to break through the deep Soviet defences and were caught off guard by the significant operational reserves of the Red Army. This result changed the pattern of operations on the
Eastern Front, with the Soviet Union gaining the operational initiative. The Soviet victory was costly, with the Red Army losing considerably more men and materiel than the German Army. The Soviet Union's larger industrial potential and pool of manpower allowed them to absorb and replace its losses. Guderian wrote:
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casualties. The
Bryansk Front suffered 39,173 irrecoverable casualties and 123,234 medical casualties. The Central Front lost 47,771 irrecoverable casualties and 117,271 medical casualties. Soviet losses during Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev totaled 255,566 men, with 71,611 listed as irrecoverable casualties and 183,955 as medical casualties. The Voronezh Front lost 48,339 irrecoverable casualties and 108,954 medical casualties, for a total of 157,293. The Steppe Front lost 23,272 irrecoverable casualties and 75,001 medical casualties, for a total of 98,273.
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essential stockpiles of petrol, oil, lubricants, engines, munitions, and, unlike Red Army units there were no reserves of aircraft that could be used to replace damaged aircraft over the course of the operation. Fuel was the most significant limiting factor. To help build up supplies for the support of
Citadel, the Luftwaffe greatly curtailed its operations during the last week of June. Despite this conservation of resources, the Luftwaffe did not have the resources to sustain an intensive air effort for more than a few days after the operation began.
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4333:. By the early evening, 2nd SS Panzer Division had reached the minefields on the perimeter of the Soviet second belt of defence. The 1st SS Division had secured Bykovka by 16:10, then pushed forward towards the second belt of defence at Yakovlevo but its attempts to break through were rebuffed. By the end of the day, the 1st SS Division had sustained 97 dead, 522 wounded and 17 missing and lost about 30 tanks. Together with the 2nd SS Panzer Division, it had forced a wedge far into the defences of the 6th Guards Army.
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moved up and cleared paths through the minefield but suffered casualties in the process. The combination of fierce resistance, minefields, thick mud and mechanical breakdowns took its toll. With paths cleared, the regiment resumed its advance towards Gertsovka. In the ensuing battle, many casualties were suffered including the regimental commander Colonel Kassnitz. Due to the fighting, and the marshy terrain south of the village, surrounding the Berezovyy stream, the regiment once more bogged down.
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immediate environs of Kursk. The combined depth of the three main defensive zones was about 40 kilometres (25 mi). The six defensive belts on either side of Kursk were 130–150 kilometres (81–93 mi) deep. If the Germans managed to break through these defences they would still be confronted by additional defensive belts to the east, manned by the Steppe Front. These brought the total depth of the defences to nearly 300 kilometres (190 mi).
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attention to the political aspects of the war decreased. The opposite was true for Stalin; throughout the Kursk campaign, he trusted the judgment of his commanders, and as their decisions led to battlefield success, it increased his trust in their military judgment. Stalin stepped back from operational planning, only rarely overruling military decisions, resulting in the Red Army being entrusted with higher levels of autonomy during the war.
4188:. The 4th Panzer Army was opposed by the Soviet 6th Guards Army, which was composed of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps and 23rd Guards Rifle Corps. The Soviets had constructed three fortified defensive belts to slow and weaken the attacking armoured forces. Though they had been provided superb intelligence, the Voronezh Front headquarters had still not been able to pinpoint the location where the Germans would place their offensive weight.
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Throughout the Soviet offensives, 111,114 casualties were suffered. In facing Operation Kutuzov, 14,215 men were killed, 11,300 were reported missing (presumed killed or captured) and 60,549 were wounded. During Polkovodets Rumyantsev, 25,068 casualties were incurred, including 8,933 killed and missing. Total casualties for the three battles were approximately 170,000, with 46,500 killed or missing (per German military medical data).
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counteroffensive. They decided to meet the enemy attack by preparing defensive positions to wear out the German groupings before launching their own offensive. Preparation of defences and fortifications began by the end of April, and continued until the German attack in early July. The two-month delay between the German decision to attack the Kursk salient and its implementation allowed the Red Army ample time to thoroughly prepare.
4316:, the strongest of the three divisions, advanced towards Gremuchhi and screened the right flank. The 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division advanced on the left flank towards Bykovka. The 2nd SS Panzer Division advanced between the two formations in the center. Following closely behind the tanks were the infantry and combat engineers, coming forward to demolish obstacles and clear trenches. The advance was well supported by the
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immobilized with track damage. While the Red Army counter-attack was defeated and the first defensive belt breached, the fighting had delayed the Germans long enough for the rest of 29th Rifle Corps of the 13th Army – initially deployed behind the first belt – to move forward and seal the breach. Red Army minefields were covered by artillery fire, making efforts to clear paths through the fields difficult and costly.
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Army Detachment "Kempf", of Army Group South, had 223,907 men (149,271 combat soldiers) and 100,000–108,000 men (66,000 combat soldiers) respectively. The 2nd Army, that held the western side of the salient contained an estimated 110,000. In total, the German forces had a total strength of 777,000–779,000 men, and the three attacking armies contained 438,271 combat soldiers. Army Group South was equipped with more
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breached. Once a breakthrough had been achieved the panzer forces would move through and advance towards Kursk. Jan Möschen, a major in Model's staff, later commented that Model expected a breakthrough on the second day. If a breakthrough did occur the briefest delay in bringing up the panzer divisions would give the Red Army time to react. His corps commanders thought that a breakthrough was extremely unlikely.
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4808:; it had seized the psychological advantage for the first time. But it was in the terrible killing grounds near Kursk that Hitler’s panzers, and his ambitions, were dealt a blow from which they never recovered" and that "Failure at Kursk had dealt the Ostheer heavier psychological and material blows than it had suffered at Stalingrad". Further, the Western Allied landings in Italy opened a new
6121:, pp. 233–234: "At Kursk, however, no less than 3.5 million soldiers, 12,000 tanks and self-propelled guns and 57,000 guns and mortars were ready for battle. Thus, defined by the number of men and material involved, the Battle of Kursk was without doubt not only the biggest tank clash of the Second World War, but indeed at the same time the largest battle of the Second World War."
1948:, in contrast, Soviet aviation apparently succeeded in destroying more than 500 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground. The Soviet deception efforts were so successful that German estimates issued in mid-June placed the total Soviet armoured strength at 1,500 tanks. The result was not only a vast underestimation of Soviet strength, but a misperception of Soviet strategic intentions.
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bombardment delayed the German formations but failed in the goal of disrupting their schedule or inflicting substantial losses. The Germans began their own artillery bombardment at about 05:00, which lasted 80 minutes in the northern face and 50 minutes in the southern face. After the barrage, the ground forces attacked, aided by close air support provided by the Luftwaffe.
4579:. The next day, the first German infantry crossed the river. Despite the deep defensive system and minefields, German tank losses remained lower than the Soviets'. At this point, Hoth turned the II SS Panzer Corps away from Oboyan to attack toward the northeast in the direction of Prokhorovka. The main concern of Manstein and Hausser was the inability of Army Detachment
4663:(Lost Victories), Manstein was highly critical of Hitler's decision to call off the operation at the height of the tactical battle; however, the veracity of Manstein's claims of a near victory is debatable as the quantity of Soviet reserves was far greater than he realized. These reserves were used to re-equip the mauled 5th Guards Tank Army, which launched
2013:. By the end of June, only 38.7 percent of the Luftwaffe's total aircraft remained in the east. In 1943 the Luftwaffe could still achieve local aerial superiority by concentrating its forces. The majority of German aircraft left available on the Eastern Front were slated for Citadel. The goal of the Luftwaffe remained unchanged. The priority was to gain
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obstacle detachments were tasked with laying more mines directly in the path of advancing enemy armoured formations. These units, consisting of two platoons of combat engineers with mines at division level and one company of combat engineers normally equipped with 500–700 mines at corps level, functioned as anti-tank reserves at every level of command.
4171:, their counter-offensive upon the Orel salient, which threatened the flank and rear of Model's 9th Army. The 12th Panzer Division, thus far held in reserve and slated to be committed to the northern side of the Kursk salient, along with the 36th Motorized Infantry, 18th Panzer and 20th Panzer Divisions were redeployed to face the Soviet spearheads.
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extensive and the Luftwaffe commanders realised that aircraft could be easily replaced, making such raids futile. Therefore, this mission was abandoned. In addition, previous campaigns had made use of medium bombers flying well behind the frontline to block the arrival of reinforcements. This mission, however, was rarely attempted during Citadel.
4718:, and was supported by the 1st and 5th Tank Corps. The Soviet spearheads sustained heavy casualties, but pushed through and in some areas achieved significant penetrations. These thrusts endangered German supply routes and threatened the 9th Army with encirclement. With this threat, 9th Army was compelled to go over fully to the defensive.
4270:, made good progress and by the end of the day had captured Gertsovka and reached Mikhailovka. The 167th Infantry Division, on the right flank of the 11th Panzer Division, also made sufficient progress, reaching Tirechnoe by the end of the day. By the end of 5 July, a wedge had been created in the first belt of the Soviet defences.
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phase continued, the less the operation could be justified. He recommended completely abandoning Citadel, allowing the army to await and defeat the coming Soviet offensive, or radically revising the plan for Citadel. Though in mid-April, Manstein had considered the Citadel offensive profitable, by May he shared Model's misgivings.
4987:, and the commander of the GA "South", von Manstein, they reported this army lost 6,814 non-commissioned officers and soldiers only from 18 to 21 August). According to Niklas Zetterling with Anders Frankson, the 9th German Army lost from 4 to 9 July 1943 were 26,692 men; 1.46 times more than Heersarzt 10-Day reports. According to
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are clouded by the lack of access to German unit records, which were seized at the end of the war. Many were transferred to the United States national archives and were not made available until 1978, while others were taken by the Soviet Union, which declined to confirm their existence. However, for comparison, military historian
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saw who was running and quickly forced them back into the trenches, making it sternly clear that they had to stay put. The tanks reached the trench line and, with a terrible roar, clattered overhead ... it was possible to conceal oneself in a trench from a tank, let it pass right over you, and remain alive."
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our forces to go over to an offensive in the near future in order to forestall the enemy. It would be better to make the enemy exhaust himself against our defences, and knock out his tanks and then, bringing up fresh reserves, to go over to the general offensive which would finally finish off his main force.
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as the essential elements for a successful panzer attack - surprise, deployment in mass, and suitable terrain. In his opinion, the limited German resources in men and materiel should be conserved, as they would be needed for the pending defence of western Europe. In a meeting with Hitler on 10 May he asked,
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of new and better tanks; radically revising the operation, or cancelling it altogether. Manstein advocated an early attack, but requested two additional infantry divisions, to which Hitler responded that none were available. Kluge spoke out strongly against postponement and discounted Model's intelligence.
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Frieser reports Luftwaffe losses at 524 aircraft, with 159 lost during the German offensive, 218 destroyed during Operation Kutuzov and 147 lost during Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev. In reviewing the reports of the quartermaster of the Luftwaffe, Bergström presents different figures. Between 5 and
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Soviet equipment losses during the German offensive came to 1,614 tanks and self-propelled guns destroyed or damaged of the 3,925 vehicles committed to the battle. Soviet losses were roughly three times those of the Germans. During Operation Kutuzov, 2,349 tanks and self-propelled guns were
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we have suffered a decisive defeat. The armoured formations, reformed and re-equipped with so much effort, had lost heavily in both men and equipment and would now be unemployable for a long time to come. It was problematical whether they could be rehabilitated in time to defend the Eastern Front ...
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Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev was intended as the main Soviet offensive for 1943. Its aim was to destroy the 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf, and cut off the extended southern portion of Army Group South. After the heavy losses sustained by the Voronezh Front, during Citadel, the Soviets
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By 09:00, the II SS Panzer Corps had broken through the Soviet first belt of defence along its entire front. While probing positions between the first and second Soviet defensive belts, at 13:00, the 2nd SS Panzer Division vanguard came under fire from two T-34 tanks, which were destroyed. Forty more
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On the first day, the XLVII Panzer Corps penetrated 6 mi (9.7 km) into the Red Army defences before stalling, and the XLI Panzer Corps reached the heavily fortified small town of Ponyri, in the second defensive belt, which controlled the roads and railways leading south to Kursk. The German
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Special training was provided to the Soviet infantry manning the defences to help them overcome the tank phobia that had been evident since the start of the German invasion. Soldiers were packed into trenches and tanks were driven overhead until all signs of fear were gone. This training exercise was
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In the first phase the enemy, collecting their best forces—including 13–15 tank divisions and with the support of a large number of aircraft—will strike Kursk with their Kromskom-Orel grouping from the north-east and their Belgorod-Kharkov grouping from the south-east... I consider it inadvisable for
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divisions and 5 panzergrenadier divisions, four of which had tank strengths greater than their neighbouring panzer divisions. However, the force was markedly deficient in infantry divisions, which were essential to hold ground and to secure the flanks. By the time the Germans initiated the offensive,
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region. On 12 February 1943, the remaining German forces were reorganised. To the south, Army Group Don was renamed Army Group South and placed under Manstein's command. Directly to the north, Army Group B was dissolved, with its forces and areas of responsibility divided between Army Group South and
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The battle of Kursk is considered the biggest land battle of the Second World War, indeed the biggest in all of military history. During the fighting the two sides deployed more than 4 million troops, 69,000 cannon and launchers, 13,000 tanks and self-propelled guns, and almost 12,000 aircraft. Even
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In Soviet and German data, the human losses figures are not equivalent. In Soviet figures, both combat and non-combat losses (sick, deserted, accident...) were counted. In German, they did not count non-combat losses, and did not take into account the number of the missing, or died in hospitals from
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With victory, the initiative firmly passed to the Red Army. For the remainder of the war the Germans were limited to reacting to Soviet advances, and were never able to regain the initiative or launch a major offensive on the Eastern Front. British historian Robin Cross stated that "the Red Army had
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At around 08:00, a Soviet artillery barrage began. At 08:30, Rotmistrov radioed his tankers: "Steel, Steel, Steel!", the order to commence the attack. Down off the west slopes, before Prokhorovka, came the massed armour of five tank brigades from the Soviet 18th and 29th Tank Corps of the 5th Guards
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Throughout 10 and 11 July, the II-SS Panzer Corps continued its attack toward Prokhorovka, reaching within 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of the settlement by the night of 11 July. That same night, Hausser issued orders for the attack to continue the next day. The plan was for the 3rd SS Panzer Division
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crossed the river under heavy Soviet bombardment. Part of a company of Tigers from the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion was able to cross before the bridge was destroyed. The rest of the 6th Panzer Division was unable to cross further south due to a traffic jam at the crossing, and remained on the western
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Rokossovsky ordered the 17th Guards and 18th Guards Rifle Corps with the 2nd Tank Army and 19th Tank Corps, backed up by close air support, to counterattack the German 9th Army the following day on 6 July. However, due to poor coordination, only the 16th Tank Corps of the 2nd Tank Army commenced the
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Fighting started on the southern face of the salient on the evening of 4 July 1943, when German infantry launched attacks to seize high ground for artillery observation posts prior to the main assault. During these attacks, a number of Red Army command and observation posts along the first main belt
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for the defence of Kursk, and created a third front behind the battle area which was held as a reserve. The Central and Voronezh Fronts fielded 12 armies, with 711,575 men (510,983 combat soldiers) and 625,591 men (446,236 combat soldiers) respectively. In reserve, the Steppe Front had an additional
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The changing strengths between the two opponents prompted the Luftwaffe to make operational changes for the battle. Previous offensive campaigns had been initiated with Luftwaffe raids against opposing airfields to achieve aerial superiority. By this point in the war Red Army equipment reserves were
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was forced to divert troops training in France to meet the Allied threat in the Mediterranean, rather than using them as a strategic reserve for the Eastern Front. As a result, Hitler cancelled the offensive at Kursk after only a week, in part to divert forces to Italy. Germany's extensive losses of
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According to the historian Christer Bergström, VVS losses during the German offensive amounted to 677 aircraft on the northern flank and 439 on the southern flank. Total casualties are uncertain. Bergström's research indicates total Soviet air losses between 12 July and 18 August, during the German
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During the two Soviet offensives, total casualties amounted to 685,456 men. During Operation Kutuzov, Soviet losses amounted to 112,529 irrecoverable casualties and 317,361 medical casualties, for a total loss of 429,890. The Western Front reported 25,585 irrecoverable casualties and 76,856 medical
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However, while it is accurate that Hitler interfered in military operational planning and that Stalin generally provided his generals with greater autonomy, this characterization oversimplifies the strategic context surrounding the Battle of Kursk. Hitler's decisions to delay the offensive were not
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allowed Red Army forces time to prepare their second belt of defence to meet the German attack on 6 July. The 7th Guards Army, which had absorbed the attack of III Panzer Corps and Corps "Raus", was reinforced with two rifle divisions from the reserve. The 15th Guards Rifle Division was moved up to
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of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps. The Panzerfüsilier Regiment, advancing on the left wing, stalled in a minefield and subsequently 36 Panthers were immobilized. The stranded regiment was subjected to a barrage of Soviet anti-tank and artillery fire, which inflicted numerous casualties. Engineers were
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While the operation on the northern side of the salient began with a 45 km-wide (28 mi) attack front, by 6 July it had been reduced to 40 km-wide (25 mi). The following day the attack frontage dropped to 15 km-wide (9.3 mi), and on both the 8 and 9 July penetrations of
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The most capable Soviet tank at Kursk was the T-34. However, the original version was armed only with a 76.2mm gun, which struggled against uparmoured Panzer IVs, and the frontal armour of Tigers and Panthers was essentially impenetrable. Only the SU-122 and SU-152 self-propelled guns had the power
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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 335,000 men (223,000 combat soldiers); in the south, the 4th Panzer Army and
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further strengthened the anti-tank defences. Anti-tank forces were incorporated into every level of command, mostly as anti-tank strong points with the majority concentrated on likely attack routes and the remainder amply spread out elsewhere. Each anti-tank strong-point typically consisted of four
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A three-month quiet period had descended upon the Eastern Front as the Soviets prepared their defences and the Germans attempted to build up their forces. The Germans used this period for specialised training of their assault troops. All units underwent training and combat rehearsals. The Waffen-SS
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Following this meeting, Guderian continued to voice his concerns over an operation that would likely degrade the panzer forces that he had been attempting to rebuild. He considered the offensive, as planned, to be a misuse of the panzer forces, as it violated two of the three tenets he had laid out
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for a meeting on 4 May. Hitler spoke for about 45 minutes on the reasons to postpone the attack, essentially reiterating Model's arguments. A number of options were put forth for comment: going on the offensive immediately with the forces at hand; delaying the offensive further to await the arrival
11537:– This report, commissioned by the Soviet General Staff in 1944, was designed to educate the Red Army on how to conduct war operations. It was classified secret until its declassification in 1964, and was subsequently translated to English and edited by Orenstein and Glantz. Its original title was
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Nikolai Litvin, a Soviet anti-tank gunner present at the battle of Kursk, recalls his experience during the special training to overcome tank phobia. "The tanks continued to advance closer and closer. Some comrades became frightened, leaped out of the trenches, and began to run away. The commander
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However, German personnel losses are clouded by the lack of access to German unit records, which were seized at the end of the war. Heersarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Army/Army Group are based on the reports of the German troops, the numbers are understated. According to the 10-day reports, the
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also mentions Sokolov and states that Soviet losses are clearly understated. The German historian Roman Töppel states that official Soviet losses are underestimated by 40%, giving a number of 1.2 million, with him having consulted armies and units archives. Further, Töppel notes Russian historians
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The casualties suffered by the two combatants are difficult to determine, due to several factors. German equipment losses were complicated by the fact that they made determined efforts to recover and repair tanks. Tanks disabled one day might be back in action the next day. German personnel losses
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By 12 August, the outskirts of Kharkov had been reached. The Soviet advance was finally halted by a counter-attack by the 2nd and 3rd SS Panzer Divisions. In the ensuing tank battles, the Soviet armies suffered heavy losses in armour. After this setback, the Soviets focused on Kharkov. After heavy
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Soviet offensive operations were planned to begin after the strength of the German forces had been dissipated by their Kursk offensive. As the German momentum in the north slowed, the Soviets launched Operation Kutuzov on 12 July against Army Group Centre in the Orel salient, directly north of the
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on 14 July. After three days, on 17 July, the II SS Panzer Corps was ordered to end its offensive operations and begin to withdraw, marking the end of Operation Roland. One division was transferred to Italy and the other two were sent south to meet new Soviet offensives. The strength of the Soviet
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finally achieved a breakthrough. In a surprise night attack, the 6th Panzer Division seized a bridge across the Donets. Once across, Breith made every effort to push troops and vehicles across the river for an advance on Prokhorovka from the south. A linkup with the II SS Panzer Corps would result
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At around 04:00 on 5 July, the German attack commenced with a preliminary bombardment. Manstein's main attack was delivered by Hoth's 4th Panzer Army, which was organized into densely concentrated spearheads, and which included some of the finest divisions in the German Army, with the forces under
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Following a preliminary bombardment and Red Army counter bombardments, the 9th Army opened its attack at 05:30 on 5 July. Nine infantry divisions and one panzer division, with attached assault guns, heavy tanks and tank destroyers, pushed forward. Two companies of Tiger tanks were attached to the
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The Luftwaffe command understood that their support would be crucial for the success of Citadel, but problems with supply shortfalls hampered their preparations. Partisan activity, particularly behind Army Group Center, slowed the rate of re-supply and cut short the Luftwaffe's ability to build up
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infantry tanks. However, the T-34 made up the bulk of the Soviet armour. Without including the deeper reserves organised under the Steppe Front, the Soviets massed about 1,300,000 men, 3,600 tanks, 20,000 artillery pieces and 2,792 aircraft to defend the salient. This amounted to 26 percent of the
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on 18 March. A Soviet offensive launched on 25 February by the Central Front against Army Group Centre had to be abandoned by 7 March to allow the attacking formations to disengage and redeploy to the south to counter the threat of the advancing German forces under Manstein. Exhaustion of both the
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During Citadel, 252 to 323 tanks and assault guns were destroyed. By 5 July, when the Battle of Kursk started, there were only 184 operational Panthers. Within two days, this had dropped to 40. On 17 July 1943 after Hitler had ordered a stop to the German offensive, Guderian sent in the following
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Karl-Heinz Frieser, who reviewed the German archive record, calculated that during Citadel 54,182 casualties were suffered. Of these, 9,036 were killed, 1,960 were reported missing and 43,159 were wounded. The 9th Army suffered 23,345 casualties, while Army Group South suffered 30,837 casualties.
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of the 9th Guards Airborne Division on the tanks. To the north and east, the 3rd SS Panzer Division was engaged by the Soviet 33rd Guards Rifle Corps. Tasked with flanking the Soviet defences around Prokhorovka, the unit first had to beat off a number of attacks before they could go over onto the
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caused Hoth to shift elements of the II SS-Panzer Corps to the west to help the XLVIII Panzer Corps regain its momentum. On 10 July the full effort of the corps was shifted back to its own forward progress. The direction of their advance now shifted from Oboyan due north to the northeast, toward
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On 9 July a meeting between Kluge, Model, Joachim Lemelsen and Josef Harpe was held at the headquarters of the XLVII Panzer Corps. It had become clear to the German commanders that the 9th Army lacked the strength to obtain a breakthrough, and their Soviet counterparts had also realized this, but
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of the 9th Army described the heavy fighting as a "new type of mobile attrition battle". German attacks on Olkhovatka and the nearby village of Teploe failed to penetrate the Soviet defences; including a powerful concerted attack on 10 July by about 300 German tanks and assault guns from the 2nd,
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caused by the German preliminary bombardment. The Tigers were redeployed and struck towards this area. Red Army formations countered with a force of around 90 T-34s. In the resulting three-hour battle, Red Army armoured units lost 42 tanks while the Germans lost two Tigers and a further five more
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We can expect the enemy to put greatest reliance in this year's offensive operations on his tank divisions and air force, since his infantry appears to be far less prepared for offensive operations than last year ... In view of this threat, we should strengthen the anti-tank defences of the
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The Voronezh and Central Fronts dug 4,200 kilometres (2,600 mi) and 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) of trenches respectively, laid out in criss-cross pattern for ease of movement. The Soviets built more than 686 bridges and about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of roads in the salient. Red
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armoured vehicles, and machine-gun bunkers. Behind the three main defensive belts were three more belts prepared as fallback positions; the first was not fully occupied or heavily fortified, and the last two, though sufficiently fortified, were unoccupied with the exception of a small area in the
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Though the location, plan of attack and timing were determined by Hitler, he blamed the defeat on his General Staff. Unlike Stalin, who gave his commanding generals the liberty to make important command decisions, Hitler's interference in German military matters progressively increased while his
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The campaign was a strategic Soviet success. For the first time, a major German offensive had been stopped before achieving a breakthrough; 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. The Germans, despite
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into the Donbas, drew the attention of German reserves and thinned the defending forces that would face the main blow. The offensive was initiated by the Voronezh Front and Steppe Fronts against the northern wing of Army Group South. They drove through the German positions, making broad and deep
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Model chose to make his initial attacks using infantry divisions reinforced with assault guns and heavy tanks, and supported by artillery and the Luftwaffe. In doing so he sought to maintain the armoured strength of his panzer divisions to be used for exploitation once the Red Army defences were
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stations at Belgorod and Kharkov in 1943 had only picked up Soviet air formations approaching Belgorod and were not responsible for the failure of the entire Soviet preemptive air strike on the eve of Operation Citadel. The VVS lost 176 aircraft on 5 July, compared to the 26 aircraft lost by the
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To the north, at Central Front headquarters, reports of the anticipated German offensive came in. At around 02:00 5 July, Zhukov ordered his preemptive artillery bombardment to begin. The hope was to disrupt German forces concentrating for the attack, but the outcome was less than hoped for. The
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the Soviets used fourteen field armies and one tank army, while at Kursk they used twenty-two full-strength field armies and five tank armies. According to one source, the Soviets concentrated 80% of their entire air fleet for use at the Battle of Kursk. According to some historians, the Soviets
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of the Voronezh Front, was spread out over nearly 64 kilometres (40 mi) of front and was protected by 69,688 anti-tank and 64,430 anti-personnel mines in its first defensive belt with a further 20,200 anti-tank and 9,097 anti-personnel mines in its second defensive belt. Furthermore, mobile
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On 27 April, Model met with Hitler to review and express his concern regarding intelligence which showed the Red Army constructing very strong positions at the shoulders of the salient and having withdrawn their mobile forces from the area west of Kursk. He argued that the longer the preparation
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places the losses of the Red Army much higher, giving the figures of 450,000 killed, 50,000 missing (POWs), and 1.2 million wounded throughout the course of the battle, which Glantz states might be inflated, but nonetheless acknowledges that official Soviet figures are most likely conservative.
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to an assembly area just behind Prokhorovka in preparation for a massive attack the following day. At 5:45 Leibstandarte headquarters started receiving reports of the sound of tank engines as the Soviets moved into their assembly areas. Soviet artillery and Katyusha regiments were redeployed in
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crossed the river. A new bridge had to be built specifically for the Tigers, causing further delays. Despite a poor start, the 7th Panzer Division eventually broke into the first belt of the Soviet defence and pushed on between Razumnoe and Krutoi Log, advancing 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), the
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Due to enemy action and mechanical breakdowns, the combat strength sank rapidly during the first few days. By the evening of 10 July there were only 10 operational Panthers in the frontline. 25 Panthers had been lost as total write-offs (23 were hit and burnt and two had caught fire during the
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During Operation Citadel, the Luftwaffe flew 27,221 sorties in support with 193 combat losses (a 0.709 per cent loss rate per sortie). Soviet units from 5 to 8 July conducted 11,235 sorties with combat losses of 556 aircraft (4.95 per cent per sortie). Germans were destroying Soviet armour and
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and the 5th Guards Tank Corps. The 51st and 90th Guards Rifle divisions were moved up to the vicinity of Pokrovka (not Prokhorovka, 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the north-east), in the path of the 1st SS Panzer Division. The 93rd Guards Rifle Division was deployed further back, along the road
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Despite reservations, Hitler remained committed to the offensive. He and the OKW, early in the preparatory phase, were hopeful that the offensive would revitalise German strategic fortunes in the east. As the challenges offered by Citadel increased, he focused more and more on the expected new
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had resulted in a shortage in infantry and artillery. Units were in total 470,000 men understrength. For the Wehrmacht to undertake an offensive in 1943, the burden of the offensive, in both attacking the Soviet defences and holding ground on the flanks of the advance, would have to be carried
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The 3rd SS Panzer Division was making slow progress. They had managed to isolate the 155th Guards Regiment, 52nd Guards Rifle Division (of the 23rd Guards Rifle Corps), from the rest of the division but its attempts to sweep the regiment eastward into the flank of the neighbouring 375th Rifle
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Over the next three days from 7 to 10 July, Model concentrated the effort of the 9th Army at Ponyri and Olkhovatka, which both sides considered as vital positions. In response, Rokossovsky pulled forces from other parts of the front to these sectors. The Germans attacked Ponyri on 7 July, and
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took the village of Maslovo Pristani, penetrating the first Red Army defence line. A Soviet counter-attack supported by about 40 tanks was beaten off, with the assistance from artillery and flak batteries. After having suffered 2,000 casualties since the morning and still facing considerable
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supporting Army Group Center noted a marked increase in the strength of the opposing VVS formations. The VVS formations encountered displayed better training, and were flying improved equipment with greater aggressiveness and skill than the Luftwaffe had seen earlier. The introduction of the
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The Central and Voronezh Fronts each constructed three main defensive belts in their sectors, with each subdivided into several zones of fortification. The Soviets employed the labour of over 300,000 civilians. Fortifying each belt was an interconnected web of minefields, barbed-wire fences,
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In 1943, an offensive by the Soviet Central, Bryansk and Western Fronts against Army Group Centre was abandoned shortly after it began in early March, when the southern flank of the Central Front was threatened by Army Group South. Soviet intelligence received information about German troop
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According to Zetterling and Frankson these figures are for 1 July 1943 and accounts for only units that eventually fought in Operation Citadel (4th Panzer Army, part of Army Detachment "Kempf", 2nd Army and 9th Army). The figure for German manpower refers to ration strength (which includes
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agreed that the Germans would probably target Kursk. Stalin believed the decision to defend would give the Germans the initiative, but Zhukov countered that the Germans would be drawn into a trap where their armoured power would be destroyed, thus creating the conditions for a major Soviet
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Is it really necessary to attack Kursk, and indeed in the east this year at all? Do you think anyone even knows where Kursk is? The entire world doesn't care if we capture Kursk or not. What is the reason that is forcing us to attack this year on Kursk, or even more, on the Eastern Front?
1343:. The Germans delayed the offensive while they tried to build up their forces and waited for new weapons, giving the Red Army time to construct a series of deep defensive belts and establish a large reserve force for counter-offensives, with one German officer describing Kursk as "another
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had built a full-scale duplicate Soviet strong point that was used to practice the techniques for neutralizing such positions. The panzer divisions received replacement men and equipment and attempted to get back up to strength. The German forces to be used in the offensive included 12
1504:, resulted in the cessation of operations for both sides by mid-March. The counteroffensive left a Soviet salient extending 250 kilometres (160 mi) from north to south and 160 kilometres (99 mi) from east to west into the German area of control, centred on the city of Kursk.
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Prokhorovka. Hoth had discussed this move with Manstein since early May, and it was a part of the 4th Panzer Army's plan since the outset of the offensive. By this time, however, the Soviets had shifted reserve formations into its path. The defensive positions were manned by the
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and 18,561 medical casualties, for a total of 33,897. The Voronezh Front suffered 27,542 irrecoverable casualties and 46,350 medical casualties, for a total of 73,892. The Steppe Front suffered 27,452 irrecoverable casualties and 42,606 medical casualties, for a total of 70,085.
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The Germans hoped to weaken the Soviet offensive potential for the summer of 1943, by cutting off and enveloping the forces that they anticipated would be in the Kursk salient. Hitler believed that a victory here would reassert German strength and improve his prestige with his
1924:– could then be disabled or destroyed at point-blank range. These types of attacks were mostly effective against the Ferdinand tank destroyers, which lacked machine guns as secondary armament. The soldiers were also promised financial rewards for each tank destroyed, with the
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clashed with the 2nd SS Panzer Division in a four-hour battle, resulting in the Soviet tanks withdrawing. The engagement bought enough time for units of the 23rd Soviet Guards Rifle Corps, lodged in the Soviet second belt, to prepare itself and be reinforced with additional
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in the XLVIII Panzer Corps of Army Group South. With the 51st and 52nd Battalions arriving on 30 June and 1 July, the two units had little time to perform reconnaissance or to orient themselves to the terrain they found themselves in. This was a breach of the methods of the
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By 16 July, Army Group South counted 161 tanks and 14 assault guns lost. Up to 14 July, the 9th Army reported they had lost as write-offs 41 tanks and 17 assault guns. These losses break down as 109 Panzer IVs, 42 Panthers, 38 Panzer IIIs, 31 assault guns, 19
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In the early morning of 5 July, the VVS launched a large raid against German airfields, hoping to destroy the Luftwaffe on the ground. This effort failed, and the VVS units suffered considerable losses. The air operation is misunderstood in most accounts. The German
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This order of battle does not show the complete composition of the Steppe Front. In addition to the units listed below, there are also the 4th Guards, 27th, 47th and 53rd Armies. Perhaps the order of battle below represents only the formations relevant to Operation
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referred to by the soldiers as "ironing". In combat, the soldiers would spring up in the midst of the attacking infantry to separate them from the spearheading armoured vehicles. The separated armoured vehicles – now vulnerable to infantry armed with
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non-combatants and wounded soldiers still in medical installations). The figures for guns and mortars are estimates based on the strength and number of units slated for the operation; the figure for tanks and assault guns include those in workshops.
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aircraft at a ratio of 1:6. Despite German unit performance, the Wehrmacht was now lacking strategic reserves. In late 1943 just 25 per cent of Luftwaffe day fighters were on the Eastern Front, due to British and US air attacks on Italy and Germany.
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Chief of Staff. For the offensive to succeed it was deemed essential to attack before the Soviets had a chance to prepare extensive defences or to launch an offensive of their own. Some military historians have described the operation using the term
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the battle of Stalingrad seems small-scale in comparison ... As the Red Army had massed a large part of its forces in the Kursk salient, the outcome was the greatest land battle of the Second World War, indeed the greatest in all the history of war.
1368:. Though the Red Army had succeeded in winter offensives previously, their counter-offensives after the German attack at Kursk were their first successful summer offensives of the war. The battle has been called the "last gasp of Nazi aggression".
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The 20th Panzer and 6th Infantry Divisions of the XLVII Panzer Corps spearheaded the advance. Behind them the remaining two panzer divisions followed, ready to exploit any breakthrough. The heavily mined terrain and fortified positions of the
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of the 29th Rifle Corps, was also concertedly attacked on 6 July by the German 292nd and 86th Infantry, 78th Assault Infantry and 9th Panzer Divisions, but the Germans were unable to dislodge the defenders from the heavily fortified village.
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defence, with the Tigers leading and the Panzer IIIs, IVs and assault guns fanning out to the flanks and rear. They were followed by infantry and combat engineers. Attempts by the VVS to impede the advance were repulsed by the Luftwaffe.
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Neither the 5th Guards Tank Army nor the II SS Panzer Corps accomplished their objectives. Although the Soviet counterattack failed with heavy losses, throwing them back onto the defensive, they did enough to stop a German breakthrough.
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enjoyed the strategic initiative for the remainder of the war. 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
11218:– A study of the southern sector of the Battle of Kursk conducted by the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency and directed by Walter J. Bauman, using data collected from military archives in Germany and Russia by The Dupuy Institute (TDI).
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tank destroyers. On the right flank, XLVI Panzer Corps consisted at this time of four infantry divisions with just nine tanks and 31 assault guns. To the left of XLI Panzer Corps was XXIII Army Corps, which consisted of the reinforced
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heavy tank. He postponed the operation in order to await their arrival. Receiving reports of powerful Soviet concentrations behind the Kursk area, Hitler further delayed the offensive to allow for more equipment to reach the front.
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Once given freedom of action, Manstein intended to utilise his forces to make a series of counterstrokes into the flanks of the Soviet armoured formations, with the goal of destroying them while retaking Kharkov and Kursk. The
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Hoth's command regarded as "the most powerful striking force ever assembled under a single German commander". In fifty minutes, Hoth's bombardment expended more shells than the combined total fired by German forces during the
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to form the northern pincer. It would cut through the northern face of the salient, driving south to the hills east of Kursk, securing the rail line from Soviet attack. Army Group South would commit the 4th Panzer Army, under
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By the evening of 6 July, the Voronezh Front had committed all of its reserves, except for three rifle divisions under the 69th Army; yet it could not decisively contain the 4th Panzer Army. The XLVIII Panzer Corps along the
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July and August 1943 saw the heaviest German ammunition expenditure on the Eastern Front up to that point, with 236,915 tons consumed in July and 254,648 in August. The previous peak had been 160,645 tons in September 1942.
6109:, pp. xv, 228: "The Battle of Kursk was the greatest land battle the world has ever seen on a fighting front that epitomized 'total war' ... It was time for the largest set-piece battle in the history of war to begin."
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offensive and the Operation Kutuzov counteroffensive, were 1,104 aircraft. Frieser states that the official Soviet figure of 1,626 planes lost "seems completely unbelievable", and cites Sokolov's minimum of 3,300 and cites
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used the term to comment on the failure of the operation: "The operation misfired from the start. There was no strategic breakthrough—no "blitzkrieg", no war of movement. Instead it turned into World War I with tanks". In
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The thinly stretched 2nd Panzer Army stood in the way of this Soviet force. The German commanders had been wary of such an attack and forces were quickly withdrawn from the Kursk offensive to meet the Soviet offensive.
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and trucks were advancing in an unending flow. The faces of the soldiers were dark with dust and exhaust fumes. It was intolerably hot. Soldiers were tortured by thirst and their shirts, wet with sweat, stuck to their
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events were on an apocalyptic scale. Scenes like the end of the world threatened to drive a person witnessing them to despair unless he had nerves of steel. Verdun, the Somme, and Stalingrad are comparable dates from
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German industry produced 2,816 tanks and self-propelled guns between April and June, of which 156 were Tigers and 484 Panthers. At Kursk, a total of 259 Panther tanks, about 211 Tigers, and 90 Ferdinands were used.
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On 13 March, Hitler signed Operational Order No. 5, which authorised several offensives, including one against the Kursk salient. As the last Soviet resistance in Kharkov petered out, Manstein attempted to persuade
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primarily by the panzer divisions. On 10 March, Manstein presented a plan whereby the German forces would pinch off the Kursk salient with a rapid offensive commencing as soon as the spring rasputitsa had subsided.
1491:, it commenced on 21 February, as 4th Panzer Army under General Hoth launched a counter-attack. The German forces cut off the Soviet mobile spearheads and continued the drive north, retaking Kharkov on 15 March and
2149:, infantry and artillery than the 9th Army of Army Group Center. The 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment "Kempf" had 1,377 tanks and assault guns, while the 9th Army possessed 988 tanks and assault guns.
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1912:(VVS) flew over 800 sorties at night to resupply the partisan groups operating behind Army Group Centre. The VVS also provided communication and sometimes even daylight air-support for major partisan operations.
1258:. It was one of the costliest and fiercest battles of the entire Second World War, the single deadliest armoured battle in history, and the opening day of the battle, 5 July, was the single costliest day in the
1863:, with the highest concentration in the first main defensive belt. The minefields at Kursk achieved densities of 2,500 anti-personnel and 2,200 anti-tank mines per kilometre, six times the density used in the
5562:, pp. 127–128, figures are from Russian archives; Russian aviation trust; Russian Central Military Archive TsAMO, Podolsk; Russian State Military Archive RGVA, Moscow; Monino Air Force Museum, Moscow..
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All told, 239 Red Army personnel were awarded the USSR's highest degree of distinction, the title Hero of the Soviet Union (HSU), for their valour in the Battle of Kursk. Two women, Guards Senior Sergeants
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The breakdown as shown in Bergstrom (2007) is as follows: 1,030 aircraft of 2nd Air Army and 611 of 17th Air Army on the southern sector (Voronezh Front), and 1,151 on the northern sector (Central Front).
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bank of the river throughout the day. Those units of the division that had crossed the river attacked Stary Gorod, but were unable to break through due to poorly cleared minefields and strong resistance.
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To the east, during the night of 4–5 July, SS combat engineers had infiltrated no-man's land and cleared lanes through the Soviet minefields. At dawn, 5 July, the three divisions of II SS Panzer Corps –
8633:, pp. 475–477, The 2nd Panzer Army and 2nd Army are not included in the order of battle in the source. The 2nd Panzer Army did not take part in Operation Citadel, but played a significant part in
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By the end of 8 July, II SS-Panzer Corps had advanced about 29 kilometres (18 mi) since the start of Citadel and broken through the first and second defensive belts. However, slow progress by the
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During the defensive preparations in the months leading up to Citadel, the Soviets also planned and prepared counteroffensive operations that would be launched after the German offensive had halted.
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and two regular infantry divisions. While the corps contained no tanks, it did have 62 assault guns. Opposing the 9th Army was the Central Front, deployed in three heavily fortified defensive belts.
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Furthermore, 2,200 anti-tank and 2,500 anti-personnel mines had been laid across every single mile of the front, a density four times that which had defended Stalingrad and six times that of Moscow.
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By midday, the dust rose in thick clouds, settling in a solid layer on roadside bushes, grain fields, tanks and trucks. The dark red disc of the sun was hardly visible. Tanks, self-propelled guns,
10412:"The Battle of Kursk: 75 Years On – The human and material toll of the world's largest tank battle was horrendous as the Wehrmacht's tactical edge was overwhelmed by superior means of destruction"
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fighting the city was liberated on 23 August. This battle is referred to by the Germans as the Fourth Battle of Kharkov, while the Soviets refer to it as the Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation.
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slowed the advance. By 08:00 safe lanes had been cleared through the minefield. That morning information obtained from prisoner interrogation identified a weakness at the boundary of the 15th and
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with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously. After the German offensive stalled on the northern side of the salient, on 12 July, the Soviets commenced their
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axis, where the third defensive belt was mostly unoccupied, now had only the Red Army second defensive belt blocking it from breakthrough into the unfortified Soviet rear. This forced the
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to six anti-tank guns, six to nine anti-tank rifles, and five to seven heavy and light machine guns. They were supported by mobile obstacle detachments as well as by infantry with
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argued strongly against the operation, stating "the attack was pointless". The conference ended without Hitler coming to a decision, but Citadel was not aborted. Three days later,
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destroyed". Töppel's estimate is higher, up to 1,200 were destroyed In total at least 2,952 German tanks and assault guns were destroyed or damaged during the battle of Kursk.
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as the most reliable source for Soviet casualty figures. Krivosheyev calculated total Soviet losses during the German offensive as 177,877. The Central Front suffered 15,336
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On the evening of 12 July, Hitler summoned Kluge and Manstein to his headquarters at Görlitz in East Prussia (now Gierłoż, Poland). Two days earlier, the Western Allies had
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and 11th Panzer Divisions had seized the village of Butovo and proceeded to capture Gertsovka before midnight. At around 22:30, Vatutin ordered 600 guns, mortars and
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had been strongly requesting "unrestricted operational freedom" to allow him to use his forces in a fluid manner. On 6 February 1943, Manstein met with Hitler at his
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Army Group Centre. Manstein inherited responsibility for the massive breach in the German lines. On 18 February, Hitler arrived at Army Group South headquarters at
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Hitler replied, "I know. The thought of it turns my stomach." Guderian concluded, "In that case your reaction to the problem is the correct one. Leave it alone."
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total manpower of the Red Army, 26 percent of its mortars and artillery, 35 percent of its aircraft and 46 percent of its tanks. One source states that in the
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Villages destroyed by fire, shattered towns, stumps of trees, cars bogged down in green slime, field hospitals, hastily dug graves – it all merges into one.
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critical of the official report estimate losses ranging from 910,000 to 2.3 million men, with Sokolov going as high as 999,300 Soviet casualties at Kursk.
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light tank. For example, the 5th Guards Tank Army roughly contained 270 T-70s and 500 T-34s. In the salient itself the Soviets assembled a large number of
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6th Infantry Division and were the largest single grouping of Tigers employed that day. Opposing them were the 13th and 70th Armies of the Central Front.
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to destroy the Tiger at short range, but they were not equal to the Tiger's 88mm gun at long range, and there were very few SU-122s and SU-152s at Kursk.
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and T-70 tanks. With very thin armour and small guns, they were unable to effectively engage the frontal armour of German medium and heavy tanks or AFVs.
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fighters gave the Soviet pilots near parity with the Luftwaffe in terms of equipment. Furthermore, large numbers of ground-attack aircraft, such as the
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a couple of weeks later. The result was a battle of attrition Manstein's forces were ill-prepared for and which they had little chance of winning.
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crossed the river but was delayed by mines, moving forward 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) by the end of the day. Luftwaffe bombed the bridgehead in a
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reserve formations had been greatly underestimated by German intelligence and the Red Army soon went onto the offensive. In his post-war memoirs
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advance 5 to 6 mi (8.0 to 9.7 km) into the Red Army lines cost 1,287 men killed and missing and a further 5,921 wounded.
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in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the
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Stalin consulted with his frontline commanders and senior officers of the General Staff from 12 to 15 April 1943. In the end he and the
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losses of the 6th German Army from 11 to 31 August 1943 were only 5,122 men (in the report of the commander of this army, General
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notified him of a possible German attack in the Kursk sector. Stalin and some senior officers were eager to strike first once the
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he listed three elements: surprise, deployment in mass, and suitable terrain. Of these, surprise was by far the most important.
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Memorial "Teplovsky's Hills" in Ponyri region in honour of the memory of the fallen on the northern face of the Battle of Kursk
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concentrations spotted at Orel and Kharkov, as well as details of an intended German offensive in the Kursk sector through the
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Operation Kutuzov reduced the Orel salient and inflicted substantial losses on the German military, paving the way for the
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573,195 men (449,133). Thus the total size of the Soviet force was 1,910,361 men, with 1,426,352 actual combat soldiers.
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medium tank, on which the Red Army attempted to concentrate production. The tank arm also contained large numbers of the
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The battle was the final strategic offensive that the Germans were able to launch on the Eastern Front. Because the
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The Battle of Kursk: A Comparative Analysis to Stalingrad, Study on Memory, and Russian Environmental Preservation
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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Germany and the Second World War: The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
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only 2 km-wide (1.2 mi) occurred. By 10 July, the Soviets had completely halted the German advance.
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had been supplemented by a company of 15 Tigers, which were used to spearhead the attack. At dawn on 5 July,
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10552:"Could Germany Have Won the Battle of Kursk if It Had Started in Late May or the Beginning of June 1943?"
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to advance and protect the eastern flank of the II SS Panzer Corps. On 11 July, Army Detachment
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Russia and the USSR in the Wars of the 20th Century: Loss of Armed Forces: Statistical Study
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11606:(television documentary). Soviet Storm: World War II in the East. Star Media. Archived from
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of Army Group A had pulled out of the Caucasus and further strengthened Manstein's forces.
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Soviets regain territory along a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) wide front after the battle.
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At the Milkhailovka bridgehead, just south of Belgorod, eight infantry battalions of the
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prepared for an offensive which envisioned the encirclement of Army Group Centre between
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Bellamy, Christopher (October 2003). "Implications for Military and Strategic Thought".
4880:(3,419) were less than a third of the fatalities incurred daily at the Battle of Kursk.
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as being more reliable due to the strictness of data, with 4,209 Soviet planes downed.
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Blood, Steel, and Myth: The II. SS-Panzer-Korps and the Road to Prochorowka, July 1943
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needed time to regroup and refit, delaying the start of the offensive until 3 August.
4706:, attacked the eastern face of the Orel salient while the Western Front, commanded by
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1763:, recommended a strategic defensive before going on the offensive. In a letter to the
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German Nation Archive microfilm publication T78, Records of the German High Command (
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10929:. Vol. VIII (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 201–202.
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6138:. Vol. VIII (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 83, 200.
6086:. Vol. VIII (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 201–202.
1440:. By February 1943 the southern sector of the German front was in strategic crisis.
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11824:Россия и СССР в войнах XX века: Потери вооруженных сил: Статистическое исследование
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11194:(in German) (6). Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung und Sport. Archived from
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10951:"В академии Генштаба оценили потери Красной армии под Прохоровкой, 15 October 2018"
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remote-controlled engineer mine-clearing vehicles met with limited success. Of the
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1540:("Citadel"), to begin on 3 May or shortly thereafter. The directive was drafted by
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and the Red Army, coupled with the loss of mobility due to the onset of the spring
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4240:, backed by heavy artillery support, advanced on a three-kilometre front upon the
4034:. Covering their left flank was XLI Panzer Corps, with an attached regiment of 83
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Corum, James (January 1995). "The Luftwaffe's Army Support Doctrine, 1918–1941".
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60th, 193rd, 181st, 194th, and 354th Rifle Divisions; 37th Guards Rifle Division
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Zhukov with Ivan Konev, commander of the Steppe Front, during the Battle of Kursk
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during the Battle of Kursk at Pokrovka, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of
4320:, which greatly aided in breaking Soviet strong points and artillery positions.
2062:. Half of the Stuka groups assigned to support Citadel were equipped with these
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The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts
10853:. Vol. VIII (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 200.
10668:. Vol. VIII (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 206.
10605:
10379:
8454:
8268:
8222:
7735:"Фронты Советских Вооружённых Сил во время Великой Отечественной войны 1941–45"
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employed 40% of their manpower and 75% of their armoured forces to the battle.
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7628:Рокоссовский Константин Константинович, Солдатский долг. — М.: Воениздат, 1988
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The operation was hastily prepared and did not receive a name. Later known as
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1332:
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11952:"Spies, Ciphers and 'Zitadelle': Intelligence and the Battle of Kursk, 1943"
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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
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The Battle of Kursk is cited by some as being the true turning point of the
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and had been responsible for the destruction of the 6th Army at Stalingrad.
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15609:
13909:
13814:
13445:
12808:
12572:
12503:
11437:
5273:
5085:
4908:, who based his figures on the Soviet archives, is considered by historian
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Armies, both from the Steppe Front, as well as the 2nd Tank Corps from the
4003:
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3468:
3008:
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2744:
2655:
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had started to weaken after Stalingrad, and the siphoning of resources to
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12492:
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11783:
The Battle of Kursk – An Analysis of Strategic and Operational Principles
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Kursk Operation Simulation and Validation Exercise – Phase II (KOSAVE II)
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A Soviet 45 mm 53-K anti-tank gun crew in position near Ponyri, July 1943
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95th and 97th Guards Rifle Divisions; 9th Airborne Guards Rifle Division
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13th and 66th Guards Rifle Divisions; 6th Airborne Guards Rifle Division
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several months earlier, are the two most oft-cited turning points in the
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12284:. Cass Series on the Soviet (Russian) Study of War. London: Frank Cass.
11935:. Baltimore: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America.
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Zitadelle: The German Offensive Against the Kursk Salient 4–17 July 1943
11551:
Sbornik materialov po izucheniiu opyta Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny № 11
4773:
on the former battlefield, commemorates the Red Army losses and victory.
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to commit their strategic reserves to reinforce the Voronezh Front: the
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ended, but a number of key officers, including Deputy Supreme Commander
51:
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Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk, The Turning Point of World War II
11876:
800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II
11338:
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
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9771:
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The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
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5976:. Vol. VIII (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 199.
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operating in the northern face were lighter than those suffered by the
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2774:
2185:
1972:
1960:
1937:
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1331:. The Soviet government had foreknowledge of the German plans from the
278:
11146:
Bagration to Berlin – The Final Air Battle in the East: 1941–1945
4710:, attacked from the north. The Western Front's assault was led by the
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cannon, one of which could be slung under each wing of the Stuka in a
1814:. In February 1943, the Central Front had been reconstructed from the
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Fighting Patton: George S. Patton Jr. Through the Eyes of His Enemies
11543:Сборник материалов по изучению опыта Великой Отечественной войны № 11
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4998:
4862:
Soldier Antonius John who participated in the battle expressed that:
4229:
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4063:
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2430:, 211th, and 293rd Infantry Divisions; 25th Panzergrenadier Division
2252:
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The Role of Intelligence in Soviet Military Strategy in World War II
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self-propelled artillery battery in position to provide fire support
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132nd, 211th, 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, and 280th Rifle Divisions
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Soviet sappers of the Central Front stringing barbed wire, June 1943
16092:
13333:
13061:
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10882:
7857:
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resistance from the Soviet forces, the corps dug in for the night.
4259:
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1492:
1437:
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1381:
1360:
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8126:
8124:
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5907:
5905:
5180:
Figures for 5–31 July, as given by the Luftwaffe logistics staff (
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of the 19th Panzer Division. Further south, infantry and tanks of
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16th, 202nd, 399th, 73rd, 137th, 143rd, and 170th Rifle Divisions
1731:. The Soviets verified the intelligence via their spy in Britain,
1654:
weapons that he believed were the key to victory: principally the
1128:
11895:
The Great Crusade: A new complete history of the Second World War
11393:
Die Ostfront 1943/44 – Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten
10400:
9324:
9237:
8230:(Thesis). Defense Technical Information Center. pp. iii, 2.
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6296:"Memories of Soviet generals and marshals of the Battle of Kursk"
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31 July, Bergström reports 681 aircraft lost or damaged (335 for
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Tank Army. The Soviet tanks advanced down the corridor, carrying
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the second belt of defence, in the path of the III Panzer Corps.
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2054:"Stuka" dive-bombers. A new development to this aircraft was the
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1706:(70 percent of the German armour on the Eastern Front) and 7,417
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1319:) against the German forces on the southern side of the salient.
11403:(in German). Vol. VIII. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt.
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9879:, p. 90, this places it at 28 km at the end of 7 July.
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Soviet troops inspecting destroyed Ferdinands on the Orel sector
4652:
The offensive continued in the southern part with the launch of
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With pessimism for Citadel increasing with each delay, in June,
1285:), on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk
551:
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Collection of materials for the study of war experience, no. 11
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7534:"ВОЕННАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА – [Мемуары] – Микоян А.И. Так было"
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penetrations. By 5 August, the Soviets had liberated Belgorod.
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The 6th Guards Army, which confronted the attack by the XLVIII
1964:
1880:
Central and Voronezh fronts, and assemble as soon as possible.
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Operation Barbarossa:Nazi Germany's War in the East, 1941–1945
11076:. The Liberation Trilogy. Vol. II. New York: Henry Holt.
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2001:. The Luftwaffe forces in the east were further depleted with
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14131:
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Die Offensive gegen Kursk 1943 – Legenden, Mythen, Propaganda
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10336:
10288:
9834:
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9137:
9135:
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8778:
8776:
8478:
8224:
Analysis and Significance of the Battle of Kursk in July 1943
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5457:
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4205:
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6th, 7th, and 19th Panzer Divisions; 168th Infantry Division
2196:
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11878:. Modern War Studies. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press.
11802:
Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century
11209:. Maryland: US Army Concepts Analysis Agency. Archived from
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10449:
9824:
9822:
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8724:
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8016:, p. 208, Clark states 300 locomotives instead of 298..
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their force amounted to around 777,000 men, 2,451 tanks and
522:
608,833 wounded or sick (of which 74% wounded and 26% sick)
11367:
Tigers on the Steppe: Red Army Valor in the Battle of Kursk
10989:
10987:
10824:
10586:
10434:
10348:
10324:
10312:
10300:
10122:
9807:
9756:
9708:
9225:
9201:
9162:
8946:
8922:
8886:
8758:
8746:
8249:
8109:
7298:
7296:
7281:
7271:
7269:
7249:
6954:
5503:
4893:
4369:
3181:
51st and 52nd Guards Rifle Divisions; 375th Rifle Division
2786:
1956:
1952:
1520:
The heavy losses sustained by Germany since the opening of
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salient and Soviet counter-offensive in the northern sector
12474:
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: A Military History, 1933–45
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Armoured Warfare: A Military, Political and Global History
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Berlin at war: Life and Death in Hitler's capital, 1939–45
10796:. Military Publishing House Moscow. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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9696:
9694:
9441:
9132:
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9064:
8996:
8934:
8833:
8773:
8340:
8211:, p. 204, provides similar but more specific figures.
8031:
7937:
7371:
7168:
7007:
6966:
6922:
6862:
6581:
5953:
5768:
5618:
5454:
1688:, designed in response to the poor roads of Russia, moves
11522:
The Battle for Kursk 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study
11387:; Schmider, Klaus; Schönherr, Klaus; Schreiber, Gerhard;
11074:
The Day of Battle, The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944
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4108:
A concert brigade performs for troops of the 13th Army's
1806:, defended the northern face. Waiting in reserve was the
1273:
The battle began with the launch of the German offensive
10984:
10872:
10870:
10723:(Reprint ed.). New York: Basic Books. p. 200.
10163:
10161:
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9655:
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8046:
7970:
7968:
7966:
7964:
7821:
7819:
7817:
7815:
7768:
7766:
7764:
7762:
7760:
7693:
7691:
7608:
7606:
7604:
7422:
7350:
7338:
7328:
7326:
7293:
7266:
7239:
7237:
7212:
7210:
7063:
7038:
7036:
7034:
6997:
6995:
6993:
6944:
6942:
6898:
6249:
6100:
5826:
5816:
5814:
5812:
5810:
5608:
5606:
5604:
4439:
Operating to the south of 7th Panzer Division, were the
4348:, was reinforced with tanks from the 1st Tank Army, the
4266:
The 3rd Panzer Division, advancing on the left flank of
4258:(arrow) formation to minimise the effects of the Soviet
1904:
Soviet preparations also included increased activity of
467:
German strength data: ~380,000–430,000 combat casualties
12467:(MA thesis) (in German). Dresden: Technical University.
10086:
10074:
9691:
9052:
8563:
8561:
8141:
8139:
7985:
7983:
7902:
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
6852:
6850:
6808:
6768:
6766:
6764:
6749:
6739:
6737:
6722:
6652:
6650:
6648:
6629:
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
6569:
6537:
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
6467:
6465:
6463:
6461:
5154:
Frieser et al: 86,064, of whom 25,515 dead or missing;
5117:
The breakdown as shown in Frieser is as follows: 9,063
4819:, and 2.5 times more than in the Battle of Stalingrad.
4702:
Kursk salient. The Bryansk Front, under the command of
501:
1,614–1,956 tanks and assault guns destroyed or damaged
167:
Soviets regain initiative to strike in southern Ukraine
13203:
Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
12204:
Kursk 1943: The Largest Battle of the Second World War
12200:
Kursk 1943: Die größte Schlacht des Zweiten Weltkriegs
10699:
10697:
10209:
10185:
10050:
9614:
9174:
8790:
8466:
8403:
8391:
8376:
8352:
8328:
8163:
8019:
7995:
7703:
7676:
7637:(in Russian). Militera.lib.ru. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
7514:
7308:
6978:
6328:(Reprint ed.). New York: Basic Books. p. 3.
6053:
5885:
5354:
Over 105,000 in April and as much as 300,000 in June.
4568:
and 301st Anti-tank Artillery Regiment, both from the
4286:, while combat engineers prepare charges to breach it.
376:
1,910,361 (including 1,426,352 actual combat soldiers)
16159:
11549:
11291:"Colossus, The First Large Scale Electronic Computer"
10867:
10682:
10264:
10197:
10158:
10146:
10134:
10038:
9930:
9855:, pp. 68, 279, map on page 68 shows 18–20 miles.
9650:
9638:
9587:
9575:
9560:
9536:
9524:
9507:
9492:
9468:
9453:
9360:
9348:
9249:
9213:
9147:
9079:
9040:
9025:
9008:
8977:
8958:
8910:
8869:
8857:
8821:
8809:
8600:
8573:
8537:
8495:
8442:
8430:
8415:
8190:
8178:
8097:
8085:
8043:
7961:
7812:
7757:
7715:
7688:
7640:
7601:
7458:
7446:
7434:
7323:
7234:
7207:
7195:
7156:
7134:
7132:
7130:
7128:
7126:
7031:
6990:
6939:
6910:
6886:
6820:
6783:
6781:
6593:
6489:
5807:
5601:
4732:
4519:. 5th Guards Tank Army commander, Lieutenant General
1900:
A Soviet machine gun crew during the Battle of Kursk.
1636:
Guderian being transported to the Eastern Front, 1943
12025:. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala: Air University Press.
11501:
When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
10574:
10110:
10098:
10014:
10002:
9978:
9966:
9954:
9894:
9891:, pp. 8–5 to 8–6, this places it at 23 km.
8588:
8558:
8136:
7980:
7398:
7222:
6847:
6761:
6734:
6674:
6662:
6645:
6605:
6458:
5716:
5687:
4812:, further diverting German resources and attention.
4174:
4013:
2452:, 112th, 134th, 296th, and 339th Infantry Divisions
1605:, would contain the western portion of the salient.
525:
Total: 863,303 (including 710,000 combat casualties)
11668:(First ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11420:
The Art of Darkness: Deception and Urban Operations
10807:"Б.В.Соколов. Правда о Великой Отечественной войне"
10694:
9744:
8515:"WWII Battle of Kursk: Mine/Countermine operations"
7111:
7099:
7087:
6874:
6710:
6557:
6446:
6434:
6422:
6381:"WWII's Greatest Battle: How Kursk Changed the War"
5868:
Weapons and military equipment. Production and loss
4748:, launched two weeks earlier across the Donets and
4632:
1416:was retaken by the Soviets on 8 February 1943, and
16:For the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, see
16240:Battles of World War II involving the Soviet Union
12279:
11742:. New Vanguard No.5. illustrated by Peter Sarson.
11164:
11011:
10612:. New York: Penguin Publishing. pp. 533–535.
9876:
9673:
9381:
9330:
9243:
8904:
8684:
8618:
7789:
7481:
7123:
7081:
6778:
6477:
5746:
5571:
5386:
5384:
5355:
5342:
5093:
4690:
4683:Soviet counteroffensive, 12 July – 23 August 1943.
2858:2nd, 3rd, and 4th Airborne Guards Rifle Divisions
2176:Order of battle: Army Group Centre (Field Marshal
2038:ground attack aircraft during the battle of Kursk.
1612:Hitler called his senior officers and advisors to
1593:, would advance on the left while Army Detachment
12330:Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict 1941–1945
11723:Decisive battles of World War II; the German view
11481:Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War
11227:The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943
7623:
7621:
7144:
5258:The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943
4419:incident, wounding 6th Panzer Division commander
2516:Order of battle: Army Group South (Field Marshal
1359:men and tanks ensured that the victorious Soviet
16216:
12523:"Fighting a Lost War: The German Army in 1943":
12395:"The Influence of ULTRA in the Second World War"
11844:
10902:European Volunteers: 5 SS Panzer Division Wiking
5911:
5398:
5396:
5348:
4876:notes that the total combined fatalities of the
4854:, however, this has been thoroughly criticized.
1818:, which had been part of the northern pincer of
16235:Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War
11519:Glantz, David M.; Orenstein, Harold S. (1999).
11518:
10888:
10773:
10758:
10746:
9741:, pp. 478–484, The Soviet order of battle.
8157:
8130:
7955:
7931:
7840:
7658:
6416:
5789:
5381:
1988:
1717:
1507:
1472:, and had to be hastily evacuated on the 19th.
12163:MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
11720:
11558:Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M. (2004) .
11442:"Soviet Defensive Tactics at Kursk, July 1943"
11288:
11272:Kursk: The Greatest Battle: Eastern Front 1943
10467:
7618:
7493:
5761:
5759:
5757:
5755:
5104:
5102:
4588:with the Soviet 69th Army becoming encircled.
3114:Order of battle: Voronezh Front (Army General
1384:moved to a general offensive in the south, in
15848:
12557:
12280:Zetterling, Niklas; Frankson, Anders (2000).
12023:Strategy for defeat: the Luftwaffe, 1933–1945
11873:
11721:Jacobsen, Hans Adolf; Rohwer, Jürgen (1965).
11383:
11041:
11005:
10978:
10386:. New York: Penguin Publishing. p. 534.
10342:
10294:
10258:
9306:
9102:
8740:
8489:
8275:. New York: Penguin Publishing. p. 533.
8064:
5879:
5801:
5734:
5710:
5639:
5595:
5514:
5393:
5371:
5159:
5130:
4411:To the south of the 6th Panzer Division, the
2797:Order of battle: Central Front (Army General
1951:The main tank of the Soviet tank arm was the
1329:slave labour in the German armaments industry
1314:
1144:
567:
12500:A Review Essay: Books on the Battle of Kursk
12173:
12153:
12051:"Kursk Reconsidered: Germany's Lost Victory"
11861:
11845:Koltunov, Grigoriy; Solovyev, Boris (1970).
11417:
10525:
8115:
7595:
7416:
5463:
5334:
5306:Writing after the war, in his autobiography
5272:(literally: "cauldron battle", or battle of
4471:
4324:Soviet tanks soon engaged the division. The
3437:92nd, 93rd, and 94th Guards Rifle Divisions
3229:73rd, 78th, and 81st Guards Rifle Divisions
3215:15th, 36th, and 72nd Guards Rifle Divisions
89:(1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)
56:German penetration during the attack on the
12471:
12446:The war aims and strategies of Adolf Hitler
12308:Panzer Divisions: The Eastern Front 1941–43
12305:
11557:
11497:
11449:U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
11401:Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg
10830:
10537:
10483:The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943
10440:
10366:
10354:
10330:
10318:
10306:
10179:
10068:
9996:
9924:
9864:
9813:
9792:, p. 135, tank losses are given as 50.
9789:
9777:
9762:
9714:
9685:
9424:The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943
9397:The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943
9318:
9283:The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943
9267:
9231:
9207:
9168:
9141:
9114:
9002:
8952:
8928:
8851:
8784:
8767:
8752:
8255:
8037:
7943:
7884:
7806:
7670:
7558:
7380:
7260:
7189:
7057:
7013:
6960:
6933:
6868:
6841:
6802:
6692:
6587:
6507:
6404:
6352:The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943
6232:The Battle of Kursk: Operation Citadel 1943
6204:East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
5926:
5774:
5752:
5624:
5547:
5497:
5482:
5237:
5158:25,068 men, of whom 8,933 dead or missing.
5099:
4380:, consisting of III Panzer Corps and Corps
4191:
4026:with their motorcycles prepare to move out.
2844:6th, 70th, and 75th Guards Rifle Divisions
2592:Panzer Divisions; 167th Infantry Division;
1751:wrote that on 27 March 1943, Soviet leader
1747:airfields in the region. Soviet politician
15855:
15841:
12564:
12550:
11818:
11796:
11737:
11498:Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan (1995).
11418:Gerwehr, Scott; Glenn, Russell W. (2000).
11029:
8301:"All About History: Story of World War II"
8299:(2014). White, Jon; Hoskins, Alex (eds.).
6064:sfn error: no target: CITEREFFrieser2007 (
5996:
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5074:
4675:Soviet Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation
4641:German soldiers pause during the fighting.
4112:during a lull in the fighting, 7 July 1943
4099:
2708:39th, 161st, and 282nd Infantry Divisions
2566:57th, 255th, and 332nd Infantry Divisions
1151:
1137:
574:
560:
16245:Battles of World War II involving Germany
12506:on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
12495:on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
12206:] (in German). Paderborn: Schöningh.
12131:
11911:
11874:Litvin, Nikolai; Britton, Stuart (2007).
11143:
11124:
11053:
10455:
10128:
10032:
9867:, p. 130, the map shows 18–20 miles.
8892:
8460:
7395:. Dial Pixpex News. Retrieved 2 June 2013
7302:
7287:
7275:
7025:
6904:
6267:
6255:
6014:
5832:
5582:
5580:
5559:
5526:
5193:The breakdown as shown in Krivosheev is:
5141:
5139:
5068:
5060:
4046:
3727:
2489:(joined 2nd Panzer Army on 12 July 1943)
1920:anti-tank rifles, demolition charges and
1412:came under significant pressure as well.
439:252–323 tanks and assault guns destroyed,
184:
11949:
11892:
11830:] (in Russian). Moscow: Olma Press.
11660:
11641:
11622:
11562:. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
11504:. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press.
11229:. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
11192:Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift
11068:
10604:
10509:"Боевая авиация в битве на Курской дуге"
10378:
8267:
7428:
7356:
7344:
7069:
6704:
6575:
6270:"Геополитическая победа в Курской битве"
6195:
5650:
5648:
5006:preliminary assessment of the Panthers,
4993:
4969:
4936:
4892:A German soldier inspects a knocked out
4887:
4764:
4678:
4636:
4601:
4591:
4546:
4475:
4372:anti-tank rifle team during the fighting
4363:
4356:
4277:
4200:
4150:
4139:captured half of the town after intense
4129:
4125:
4103:
4058:
4017:
3956:
3359:107th, 183rd, and 307th Rifle Divisions
3327:100th, 219th, and 309th Rifle Divisions
3313:161st, 206th, and 237th Rifle Divisions
3265:167th, 232nd, and 340th Rifle Divisions
2936:121st, 141st, and 322nd Rifle Divisions
2124:
2027:
1993:By 1943 the Luftwaffe's strength on the
1963:tanks. These included U.S.-manufactured
1895:
1824:
1771:
1679:
1631:
1511:
1468:just hours before the Soviets liberated
470:Soviet claim: 500,000+ combat casualties
16260:Tank battles involving the Soviet Union
12537:U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center
12476:. Nashville: Battery Press. p. 81.
12260:
11933:The German Air War in Russia, 1941–1945
11779:
11162:
11111:
10921:
10845:
10660:
10632:
10592:
10549:
10215:
10191:
10092:
10080:
9702:
8803:
8001:
7896:
7682:
6826:
6743:
6656:
6623:
6531:
6495:
6375:
6130:
6078:
6059:
5971:
5042:) with 420 being written off (192 from
2968:69th, 149th, and 246th Rifle Divisions
1262:. The battle was also marked by fierce
16217:
14411:
14389:Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union
12489:The Battle of Kursk: Myths and Reality
12443:
12421:
12392:
12354:
12197:
12110:
12029:
12020:
11930:
11576:
11478:
11436:
11364:
11265:from the original on 11 December 2021.
11243:
11221:
11202:
11188:"Vor 60 Jahren: Prochorowka (Teil II)"
11127:Kursk – The Air Battle: July 1943
11090:
10841:
10839:
10715:
10580:
10556:The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
10506:
10056:
9960:
9900:
9888:
9840:
9620:
9183:
8863:
8472:
8409:
8397:
8385:
8358:
8346:
8334:
8172:
8025:
7974:
7890:
7872:
7709:
7520:
7464:
7317:
7162:
7117:
7105:
7093:
7060:, pp. 63, 78, 149, 269, 272, 280.
7042:
6984:
6892:
6814:
6755:
6728:
6611:
6599:
6519:
6471:
6320:
6118:
6008:
5959:
5820:
5693:
5612:
5577:
5402:Frieser counts only operational tanks.
5136:
4353:leading from Pokrovka to Prokhorovka.
4196:
3952:
2886:15th, 81st, and 307th Rifle Divisions
2238:, 137th, and 251st Infantry Divisions
2078:ground attack ("jabo") version of the
1769:and Stalin, on 8 April, Zhukov wrote:
1692:up shortly before the Kursk offensive.
15836:
15260:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
14692:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
14338:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
14294:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
13399:Rape during the occupation of Germany
12545:
12376:The Red Army and the Second World War
12324:
12241:
12223:"Fire Support at the Battle of Kursk"
12220:
12088:
11997:
11760:
11701:
11682:
11308:
11274:. London: Headline Publishing Group.
11269:
11255:2013 International Conference on WWII
11185:
11167:Kursk: The Greatest Tank Battle, 1943
11017:
10993:
10957:from the original on 28 February 2023
10876:
10709:
10688:
10479:
10409:
10282:
10270:
10203:
10167:
10152:
10140:
10044:
9948:
9936:
9912:
9852:
9828:
9801:
9738:
9726:
9661:
9644:
9632:
9608:
9596:
9581:
9569:
9554:
9542:
9530:
9518:
9501:
9486:
9474:
9462:
9447:
9420:
9393:
9366:
9354:
9342:
9279:
9255:
9219:
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9156:
9126:
9090:
9073:
9058:
9046:
9034:
9019:
8990:
8971:
8940:
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8880:
8839:
8827:
8815:
8728:
8646:
8630:
8606:
8582:
8567:
8552:
8501:
8463:, pp. 79–81, 102, 106, 114, 118.
8448:
8436:
8424:
8370:
8295:
8220:
8208:
8196:
8184:
8145:
8103:
8091:
8079:
8052:
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7989:
7825:
7772:
7745:from the original on 21 December 2013
7721:
7697:
7646:
7612:
7578:
7508:
7452:
7440:
7404:
7332:
7243:
7228:
7216:
7201:
7174:
7138:
7001:
6972:
6948:
6916:
6880:
6856:
6772:
6716:
6680:
6668:
6617:
6525:
6452:
6440:
6428:
6348:
6228:
6191:
6189:
6187:
6185:
6162:
6106:
6024:The Red Army and the Second World War
5722:
5654:
5645:
5429:Glantz does not count reinforcements.
4273:
2872:8th, 74th, and 148th Rifle Divisions
1380:slowly ground to its conclusion, the
1132:
555:
16188:
14382:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
13414:Rape during the liberation of France
12373:
12069:
12048:
11525:. London; Portland, OR: Frank Cass.
11345:
10943:
10703:
10507:П.в, Казьмин; Д.а, Кузнецов (2010).
10227:
10116:
10104:
10020:
10008:
9984:
9972:
9750:
8594:
7150:
6787:
6563:
6483:
6235:. Penguin Publishing. pp. vii.
6020:
5264:, (literally: "war of movement", or
5182:Generalquartiermeister der Luftwaffe
5156:Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation
4781:noted the devastation of the battle;
4739:Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
2140:tank, in June 1943 before the battle
2085:In the months preceding the battle,
1311:Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
442:1,612 tanks and assault guns damaged
23:1943 tank battle in the Soviet Union
11738:Jentz, Tom; Doyle, Hillary (1993).
11579:Soviet Military Intelligence in War
11350:. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
11148:. Burgess Hill: Chevron/Ian Allan.
10836:
10486:. Penguin Publishing. p. 251.
9427:. Penguin Publishing. p. 171.
9400:. Penguin Publishing. p. 150.
9286:. Penguin Publishing. p. 187.
8705:from the original on 23 August 2023
8666:from the original on 23 August 2023
8525:from the original on 23 August 2023
8307:. Imagine Publishing. p. 142.
8237:from the original on 23 August 2023
8214:
6355:. Penguin Publishing. p. 182.
6314:
6210:from the original on 23 August 2023
6041:from the original on 23 August 2023
5675:from the original on 23 August 2023
5329:) Roll 343, Frames 6301178–180
4616:preparation for the counterattack.
2689:106th and 320th Infantry Divisions
1838:, deep entrenchments for infantry,
1443:Since December 1942, Field Marshal
1313:(Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev,
1291:Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation
1158:
535:claimed 4,209 Soviet planes downed)
520:254,470 killed, captured or missing
13:
14608:German invasion of the Netherlands
12888:Weather events during World War II
12535:, via the official channel of the
12299:
12282:Kursk 1943: A Statistical Analysis
12265:. Solihull: Helion & Company.
11685:Kursk 1943: Tide Turns in the East
11250:Kursk, The Epic Armored Engagement
10240:from the original on 28 March 2023
10228:Peck, Michael (13 February 2021).
7859:Soviet Storm: Operation Barbarossa
6268:Никитенко, Евгений (5 July 2013).
6182:
6165:"The Battle of Kursk: 75 years on"
6156:
4733:In the south: Operation Rumyantsev
2109:
18:August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
14:
16296:
15239:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
12481:
12306:Battistelli, Pier Paolo (2013) .
11849:(in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
6407:, pp. 84, 174, 186, 220–221.
4175:Operation along the southern face
4090:653rd Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion
4014:Operation along the northern face
3998:Luftwaffe. The losses of the VVS
3425:Front Assets (Independent Units)
3037:Front Assets (Independent Units)
1737:Government Code and Cypher School
1339:designed to wear down the German
581:
16197:
16169:
15862:
15799:
12571:
11581:. London: Taylor & Francis.
10915:
10894:
10799:
10779:
10654:
10626:
10598:
10543:
10500:
10473:
10372:
10221:
9414:
9387:
9273:
8678:
8652:
8507:
8364:
8289:
8261:
7727:
7540:from the original on 4 July 2010
7526:
7393:"Kursk Press releases July 1943"
7386:
7362:
5423:
5414:
5405:
5361:
5300:
5279:
4957:
4883:
4852:European theatre of World War II
4633:Termination of Operation Citadel
4307:3rd SS Panzergrenadier Division
4300:2nd SS Panzergrenadier Division
4248:The panzergrenadier regiment of
4167:On 12 July the Soviets launched
3373:111th and 270th Rifle Divisions
3279:180th and 240th Rifle Divisions
1926:People's Commissariat of Defence
1597:would advance on the right. The
650:Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
200:
186:
80: – 23 August 1943
50:
11956:Journal of Contemporary History
11780:Kasdorf, Bruno (6 April 2000),
11687:. Campaign 16. London: Osprey.
11311:The Journal of Military History
10422:from the original on 5 May 2019
8691:. Stackpole Books. p. 88.
7581:, p. 189, mentions Stalin.
6369:
6342:
6288:
6261:
6222:
6124:
6072:
5965:
5944:
5390:Frieser uses combat strengths.
5174:
5165:
4904:The Russian military historian
4691:In the north: Operation Kutuzov
3617:42nd Guards Rifle Division and
3544:Order of battle: Steppe Front (
2922:42nd and 112th Rifle Divisions
2264:, and 258th Infantry Divisions
2116:Battle of Kursk order of battle
1967:medium tanks and British-built
1556:Operation Citadel called for a
391:Soviet counter-offensive phase:
338:Soviet counter-offensive phase:
16255:Tank battles involving Germany
15486:Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945
13196:Territorial changes of Germany
13104:Indonesian National Revolution
12378:, Cambridge University Press,
12359:. Novato, CA: Presidio Press.
11893:Willmott, Hedley Paul (1990).
11369:. Seattle: Teufelsberg Press.
11257:. via the official channel of
11163:Barbier, Mary Kathryn (2002).
11129:. Hersham: Chevron/Ian Allan.
10908:, pp. 85–88; and Steve Zaloga
10071:, p. 187, in Moscow time.
9877:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
9674:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
9382:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
9331:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
9244:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
8905:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
8619:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
7790:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
7482:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
7082:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
6631:. HarperCollins. p. 427.
6027:. Cambridge University Press.
5747:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
5572:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
5520:
5356:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
5343:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
5094:Zetterling & Frankson 2000
4425:Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski
4282:German soldiers move along an
4041:78th Assault Infantry Division
3164:, 71st Rifle Division and the
2348:and 383rd Infantry Divisions;
2005:being shifted back to Germany
1:
14886:Japanese invasion of Thailand
14837:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
14601:German invasion of Luxembourg
12982:Mediterranean and Middle East
11950:Mulligan, Timothy P. (1987).
11261:; session by the historians.
11247:; Parshall, Jonathan (2013).
5448:
4857:
4777:Soviet journalist and writer
2645:SS Panzergrenadier Divisions
1371:
1234:battle between the forces of
16275:Tank battles of World War II
14793:Invasion of the Soviet Union
14482:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
13800:Independent State of Croatia
12511:Kursk – Raw Data to Download
12448:. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
12074:. Southbury, Conn: Newbury.
12034:. Cambridge: Da Capo Press.
11348:Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943
11144:Bergström, Christer (2008).
11125:Bergström, Christer (2007).
11097:. New York: Back Bay Books.
10568:10.1080/13518046.2014.963418
10550:Zamulin, Valeriy N. (2014).
10410:Edele, Mark (18 July 2018).
8688:Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943
6163:Edele, Mark (13 July 2018).
5972:Frieser, Karl-Heinz (2017).
5912:Koltunov & Solovyev 1970
5420:Glantz uses total strengths.
5411:Glantz uses total strengths.
4566:9th Guards Airborne Division
4293:SS Panzergrenadier Division
3631:Independent 10th Tank Corps
1989:Contest for aerial supremacy
1928:providing a bounty of 1,000
1718:Soviet plans and preparation
1508:German plans and preparation
476:681 aircraft (for 5–31 July)
7:
15941:Second Battle of El Alamein
15901:Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski
15777:End of World War II in Asia
15617:Western invasion of Germany
15124:Chinese famine of 1942–1943
15101:Second Battle of El Alamein
14671:Hundred Regiments Offensive
14643:Battle of the Mediterranean
14496:Italian invasion of Albania
12670:Air warfare of World War II
12518:The Kursk Region, July 1943
12472:Weingartner, James (1991).
12221:Weiss, Thomas J II (2000).
12021:Murray, Williamson (1983).
12004:J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing
11804:. London: Greenhill Books.
11550:
10910:T-34/76 Medium Tank 1941–45
10889:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
10774:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
10759:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
10747:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
8685:Walter S. Dunn Jr. (2008).
8158:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
8131:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
7956:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
7932:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
7841:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
7659:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
7561:, pp. 28–29, mentions
6417:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
5790:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
5436:
5291:) and deep penetration. In
5218:Krivosheev's breakdown is:
4963:wounds, they counted only "
4714:, under Lieutenant General
4533:armoured personnel carriers
3649:5th Guards Mechanized Corps
3195:89th Guards Rifle Division
2768:
1665:and greater numbers of the
1420:on 14 February. The Soviet
1256:European theatre of the war
10:
16301:
16065:Battle of the Chinese Farm
16024:Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
15991:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
15703:Naval bombardment of Japan
15071:First Battle of El Alamein
14990:Battle of Christmas Island
14935:Japanese invasion of Burma
14699:Italian invasion of Greece
14615:German invasion of Belgium
14587:German invasion of Denmark
14560:1939–1940 Winter Offensive
14429:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
12693:Comparative military ranks
12393:Hinley, Sir Harry (1996).
12180:A History of World War Two
12139:. New York: Random House.
12096:. New York: Norton Press.
11968:10.1177/002200948702200203
11740:Tiger I Heavy Tank 1942–45
11062:
10468:Jacobsen & Rohwer 1965
6196:McGovern, Sean C. (2021).
5655:Askey, Nigel (June 2013).
5326:Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
4845:73rd Guards Rifle Division
4841:13th Guards Rifle Division
4769:Prokhorovka Cathedral, in
4760:
4736:
4694:
4595:
4453:72nd Guards Rifle Division
4398:503rd Heavy Tank Battalion
4295:Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
4242:67th Guards Rifle Division
4032:505th Heavy Tank Battalion
3166:90th Guards Rifle Division
3162:67th Guards Rifle Division
2733:) Panzergrenadier Division
2625:Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
2288:Panzer Division; 86th and
2120:
2113:
2100:Ilyushin Il-2 "Shturmovik"
15:
16124:
16091:
16073:
16045:
16022:
15989:
15886:
15868:
15792:
15624:Bratislava–Brno offensive
15564:
15555:Dutch famine of 1944–1945
15292:
15179:Allied invasion of Sicily
15133:
15039:Aleutian Islands campaign
15011:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
14958:
14949:Greek famine of 1941–1944
14844:Second Battle of Changsha
14749:German invasion of Greece
14717:
14594:Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
14569:
14507:
14402:
14283:
14009:
13919:
13767:
13470:
13461:
13219:
13044:
12936:North and Central Pacific
12897:
12659:
12652:
12579:
12355:Glantz, David M. (1990).
12261:Zamulin, Valeriy (2011).
12183:. London: Octopus Books.
12117:. Bloomsbury Publishing.
11998:Münch, Karlheinz (1997).
11912:Moorhouse, Roger (2011).
11863:Liddell Hart, Basil Henry
11706:. Stroud: History Press.
11577:Glantz, David M. (2013).
11479:Glantz, David M. (1989).
11365:Empric, Bruce E. (2020).
8065:Litvin & Britton 2007
5090:Long Range Bomber Command
4523:, described the journey:
4472:Development of the battle
4463:Delaying the progress of
3980:Katyusha rocket launchers
3855:
3852:
3849:
3847:
3843:Red Army offensive phase
3745:
3742:
3739:
3737:
2594:Panzergrenadier Division
2379:Panzergrenadier Division
2227:Rudolf Freiherr von Roman
1932:for each destroyed tank.
1354:began during the battle,
1352:Allied invasion of Sicily
1315:
1302:
1260:history of aerial warfare
1170:
591:
419:
306:
213:
178:
64:
49:
37:
32:
16230:1943 in the Soviet Union
15971:Battle of the Dukla Pass
15878:Battle of Cambrai (1917)
15216:Allied invasion of Italy
15193:Solomon Islands campaign
14942:Third Battle of Changsha
14539:First Battle of Changsha
14445:Second Sino-Japanese War
13385:German military brothels
13251:United States war crimes
12374:Hill, Alexander (2017),
11931:Muller, Richard (1992).
11897:. New York: Free Press.
11867:The German Generals Talk
11765:. Atglen: Schiffer Pub.
11642:Guderian, Heinz (1952).
11623:Guderian, Heinz (1937).
11391:; Wegner, Bernd (2007).
11259:The National WWII Museum
10785:G.F. Krivosheyev (1993)
9780:, pp. 114, 133–135.
9270:, pp. 115, 120–121.
8116:Gerwehr & Glenn 2000
7596:Taylor & Kulish 1974
7511:, pp. 188, 190–191.
7417:Taylor & Kulish 1974
6206:(Thesis). pp. III.
6021:Hill, Alexander (2016).
5464:Taylor & Kulish 1974
5249:The National WWII Museum
5053:
5001:tanks destroyed at Kursk
4914:irrecoverable casualties
3600:33rd Guards Rifle Corps
3586:32nd Guards Rifle Corps
3226:25th Guards Rifle Corps
3212:24th Guards Rifle Corps
3178:23rd Guards Rifle Corps
3158:22nd Guards Rifle Corps
2855:18th Guards Rifle Corps
2841:17th Guards Rifle Corps
2129:Troops of the Waffen-SS
2056:"Bordkanone" 3,7 cm
531:**1,626–1,961 aircraft (
16285:History of Kursk Oblast
15638:Second Guangxi campaign
15493:Philippines (1944–1945)
14997:Battle of the Coral Sea
14900:Fall of the Philippines
14546:Battle of South Guangxi
14452:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
13858:Italian Social Republic
12520:(maps), 27 October 1999
12177:; Kulish, V.M. (1974).
12111:Searle, Alaric (2017).
12030:Newton, Steven (2002).
11203:Bauman, Walter (1998).
11091:Beevor, Antony (2012).
10831:Glantz & House 2004
10792:2 November 2015 at the
10538:Glantz & House 2004
10441:Glantz & House 1995
10367:Glantz & House 1995
10355:Glantz & House 2004
10331:Glantz & House 2004
10319:Glantz & House 2004
10307:Glantz & House 1995
10180:Glantz & House 2004
10069:Glantz & House 2004
9997:Glantz & House 2004
9925:Glantz & House 2004
9865:Glantz & House 2004
9814:Glantz & House 2004
9790:Glantz & House 2004
9778:Glantz & House 2004
9763:Glantz & House 2004
9715:Glantz & House 2004
9686:Glantz & House 2004
9319:Glantz & House 2004
9268:Glantz & House 2004
9232:Glantz & House 2004
9208:Glantz & House 2004
9169:Glantz & House 2004
9142:Glantz & House 2004
9115:Glantz & House 2004
9003:Glantz & House 2004
8953:Glantz & House 2004
8929:Glantz & House 2004
8852:Glantz & House 2004
8785:Glantz & House 2004
8768:Glantz & House 2004
8753:Glantz & House 2004
8256:Glantz & House 2004
8221:Ramos, Enrique (1995).
8038:Glantz & House 1995
7944:Glantz & House 2004
7885:Glantz & House 2004
7807:Glantz & House 2004
7671:Glantz & House 2004
7559:Glantz & House 2004
7381:Glantz & House 2004
7261:Glantz & House 2004
7190:Glantz & House 2004
7058:Glantz & House 2004
7014:Glantz & House 2004
6961:Glantz & House 2004
6934:Glantz & House 2004
6869:Glantz & House 1995
6842:Glantz & House 2004
6803:Glantz & House 2004
6693:Glantz & House 2004
6588:Glantz & House 1995
6508:Glantz & House 2004
6405:Glantz & House 2004
5927:Glantz & House 2004
5775:Glantz & House 2004
5625:Glantz & House 2004
5548:Glantz & House 2004
5498:Glantz & House 1995
5483:Glantz & House 2004
5071:, pp. 21, 127–128.
5020:s, 10 Tigers and three
4570:33rd Guards Rifle Corps
4445:320th Infantry Division
4441:106th Infantry Division
4421:Walther von Hünersdorff
4376:Facing Army Detachment
4141:house-to-house fighting
4100:Red Army counter-attack
3433:35th Guards Rifle Corps
2404:34th, 56th, 262nd, and
2019:isolate the battlefield
2011:Allied bombing campaign
2009:against the escalating
1601:, under the command of
1489:Third Battle of Kharkov
1386:Operation Little Saturn
1264:house-to-house fighting
412:2,792 to 3,549 aircraft
404:47,416 guns and mortars
382:25,013 guns and mortars
16111:Battle of Medina Ridge
15935:Operation Winter Storm
15916:Battle of Brody (1941)
15911:Battle of Sedan (1940)
15896:Battle of Khalkhin Gol
15223:Armistice of Cassibile
15025:Battle of Dutch Harbor
14976:Battle of the Java Sea
14879:Attack on Pearl Harbor
14779:Syria–Lebanon campaign
14772:Battle of South Shanxi
14742:Invasion of Yugoslavia
14525:Battle of the Atlantic
14139:Korean Liberation Army
13852:(until September 1943)
13809:(until September 1944)
13787:(until September 1944)
12463:Töppel, Roman (2001).
12444:Pinkus, Oscar (2005).
12198:Töppel, Roman (2017).
12032:Kursk: The German View
11763:Germany's Panther Tank
11761:Jentz, Thomas (1995).
11542:
11422:. Santa Monica: Rand.
11186:Brand, Dieter (2003).
11030:Jentz & Doyle 1993
9843:, pp. 8–4 to 8–5.
8660:"Strengths and Losses"
5044:Fliegerkorps VIII
5035:Fliegerkorps VIII
5013:
5002:
4975:
4942:
4901:
4869:
4801:
4787:
4774:
4727:liberation of Smolensk
4684:
4642:
4607:
4552:
4538:
4487:
4373:
4287:
4209:
4192:Initial German advance
4156:
4135:
4113:
4067:
4047:Initial German advance
4027:
3970:
3728:Comparison of strength
3719:7th Fighter Air Corps
3706:3rd Fighter Air Corps
3614:Independent Divisions
3519:5th Fighter Air Corps
3506:4th Fighter Air Corps
3493:1st Assault Air Corps
3480:1st Bombing Air Corps
3461:3rd Guards Tank Corps
3448:2nd Guards Tank Corps
3338:Independent Divisions
3290:Independent Divisions
3240:Independent Divisions
3192:Independent Divisions
3092:6th Fighter Air Corps
3079:3rd Bombing Air Corps
2947:Independent Divisions
2799:Konstantin Rokossovsky
2773:The Red Army used two
2390:Erich-Heinrich Clößner
2141:
2070:, with its 30 mm
2039:
1901:
1882:
1830:
1804:Konstantin Rokossovsky
1784:
1777:
1693:
1648:
1637:
1517:
1282:
1195:Polkovodets Rumyantsev
538:5,244 guns and mortars
351:9,467 guns and mortars
329:9,966 guns and mortars
267:Konstantin Rokossovsky
214:Commanders and leaders
16116:Battle of Al Busayyah
15950:Battle of Prokhorovka
15387:Second Battle of Guam
15283:Bengal famine of 1943
15253:Second Battle of Kiev
15209:Battle of the Dnieper
14914:Battle of Wake Island
14786:East African campaign
14728:Battle of South Henan
14373:atrocities by Germans
14146:Korean Volunteer Army
13127:Occupation of Germany
12881:Music in World War II
12427:Atlas of World War II
12405:: CAM. Archived from
12310:. Osprey Publishing.
12242:Yeide, Harry (2014).
12070:Nipe, George (2011).
12049:Nipe, George (1998).
11791:U.S. Army War College
11646:. New York: Da Capo.
11483:. London: Routledge.
11346:Dunn, Walter (1997).
11295:colossus-computer.com
11270:Clark, Lloyd (2012).
10480:Cross, Robin (2002).
10234:The National Interest
9421:Cross, Robin (2002).
9394:Cross, Robin (2002).
9280:Cross, Robin (2002).
6349:Cross, Robin (2002).
6229:Cross, Robin (2002).
5008:
4997:
4973:
4940:
4891:
4864:
4792:
4783:
4768:
4682:
4640:
4605:
4598:Battle of Prokhorovka
4592:Battle of Prokhorovka
4550:
4525:
4479:
4367:
4350:2nd Guards Tank Corps
4281:
4204:
4154:
4133:
4126:Ponyri and Olkhovatka
4107:
4062:
4021:
3960:
3638:5th Guards Tank Army
3418:3rd Mechanized Corps
3341:184th Rifle Division
3293:204th Rifle Division
2651:Army Detachment Kempf
2615:General der Waffen-SS
2581:Otto von Knobelsdorff
2128:
2031:
1935:The Soviets employed
1899:
1877:
1828:
1779:
1775:
1683:
1643:
1635:
1591:Otto von Knobelsdorff
1575:Army Detachment Kempf
1516:German plan of attack
1515:
1307:Battle of Prokhorovka
1283:Unternehmen Zitadelle
1250:. It, along with the
420:Casualties and losses
72:5 July 1943
16144:Battle of Debaltseve
16134:Battle of Novoazovsk
16101:Battle of 73 Easting
16004:Battle of Asal Uttar
15999:Operation Grand Slam
15966:Battle of Studzianki
15931:Battle of Stalingrad
15673:Surrender of Germany
15151:Battle of West Hubei
15108:Guadalcanal campaign
15078:Battle of Stalingrad
15004:Battle of Madagascar
13778:Albania protectorate
13565:(formerly Swaziland)
13274:Wehrmacht war crimes
13090:Expulsion of Germans
12874:Art and World War II
12772:British contribution
12721:Governments in exile
12332:. New York: Morrow.
12133:Showalter, Dennis E.
11820:Krivosheev, Grigoriy
11798:Krivosheev, Grigoriy
11725:. New York: Putnam.
11702:Healy, Mark (2010).
11683:Healy, Mark (1992).
11603:Operation Barbarossa
11600:(producers) (2011).
11094:The Second World War
10717:Hanson, Victor Davis
10261:, pp. 111, 185.
10182:, pp. 218, 223.
9927:, pp. 169, 171.
9688:, pp. 113, 133.
9321:, pp. 118, 121.
9129:, pp. 120, 306.
9076:, pp. 120, 266.
8943:, pp. 263, 314.
8842:, pp. 227, 233.
7177:, pp. 194, 196.
6975:, pp. 178, 186.
6322:Hanson, Victor Davis
6300:Presidential Library
5962:, pp. 203, 229.
5737:, pp. 197, 200.
5598:, pp. 153, 200.
5268:), culminating in a
5162:, pp. 197, 200
4906:Grigoriy Krivosheyev
4794:With the failure of
4746:Diversionary attacks
4665:Operation Rumyantsev
4613:5th Guards Tank Army
4564:, reinforced by the
4436:got during the day.
4413:19th Panzer Division
4326:1st Guards Tank Army
4119:307th Rifle Division
4077:81st Rifle Divisions
3693:8th Mixed Air Corps
3680:7th Mixed Air Corps
3379:1st Guards Tank Army
3244:213th Rifle Division
3105:6th Mixed Air Corps
2950:55th Rifle Division
2577:XLVIII Panzer Corps
2423:Friedrich Gollwitzer
1982:Battle of Stalingrad
1861:anti-personnel mines
1522:Operation Barbarossa
1428:, and newly created
1378:Battle of Stalingrad
1252:Battle of Stalingrad
271:Aleksandr Vasilevsky
16126:Russo-Ukrainian War
15981:Battle of the Bulge
15976:Battle of Arracourt
15763:Potsdam Declaration
15652:Italy (Spring 1945)
15415:Liberation of Paris
14872:Siege of Sevastopol
13890:(until August 1944)
13793:Wang Jingwei regime
13615:from September 1943
13575:from September 1944
13513:from September 1944
13373:Romanian war crimes
13364:Persecution of Jews
13350:Croatian war crimes
13320:Japanese war crimes
13134:Occupation of Japan
13083:First Indochina War
12795:Military production
12707:Declarations of war
12498:Licari, Michael J.
12487:Licari, Michael J.
12429:. London: Collins.
11985:on 23 February 2009
11916:. London: Vintage.
11869:. New York: Morrow.
11662:Hartmann, Christian
11560:The Battle of Kursk
11385:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
11289:Copeland, B. Jack.
11198:on 1 November 2014.
10953:. 15 October 2018.
10923:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
10891:, pp. 276–277.
10847:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
10662:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
10634:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
10595:, pp. 170–171.
10285:, pp. 204–205.
9999:, pp. 164–170.
9951:, pp. 301–302.
9915:, pp. 350–353.
9831:, pp. 298–299.
9729:, pp. 287–288.
9635:, pp. 257–259.
9611:, pp. 256–257.
9557:, pp. 252–253.
9489:, pp. 197, 68.
9450:, p. 238, 240.
9345:, pp. 286–287.
9198:, pp. 309–311.
9117:, pp. 93, 117.
8731:, pp. 478–484.
8649:, pp. 475–477.
8349:, pp. 471–472.
8082:, pp. 267–268.
7633:19 May 2016 at the
7536:. Militera.lib.ru.
6707:, p. 1 part 8.
6522:, pp. 149–159.
6132:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
6080:Frieser, Karl-Heinz
6011:, pp. 203–204.
5941:, pp. 132–134.
5209:, pp. 132–134
4874:Victor Davis Hanson
4847:, 7th Guards Army.
4833:Mariya Borovichenko
4804:turned the tide at
4716:Hovhannes Bagramyan
4622:mounted infantrymen
4557:XLVIII Panzer Corps
4429:7th Panzer Division
4405:6th Panzer Division
4197:XLVIII Panzer Corps
4073:15th Rifle Division
3969:halftrack June 1943
3953:Preliminary actions
3844:
3734:
3549:
3119:
2913:Ivan Chernyakhovsky
2802:
2713:Army Group Reserve
2521:
2487:8th Panzer Division
2475:Army Group Reserve
2469:5th Panzer Division
2408:Infantry Divisions
2303:XLVII Panzer Corps
2292:Infantry Divisions
2181:
1886:self-propelled guns
1867:. For example, the
1840:anti-tank obstacles
1686:Raupenschlepper Ost
1587:XLVIII Panzer Corps
1316:Полководец Румянцев
1293:with the launch of
1268:hand-to-hand combat
857:Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh
758:Barvenkovo–Lozovaya
128: /
16270:August 1943 events
16149:Battle of Vuhledar
16139:Mariupol offensive
16037:Battle of Basantar
16014:Battle of Chawinda
16009:Battle of Phillora
15961:Battle of Radzymin
15956:Operation Goodwood
15921:Operation Crusader
15756:Surrender of Japan
15589:Battle of Iwo Jima
15438:Belgrade offensive
14851:Siege of Leningrad
14735:Battle of Shanggao
14664:British Somaliland
14629:Dunkirk evacuation
14580:Norwegian campaign
14518:Invasion of Poland
14345:Japanese prisoners
13313:Italian war crimes
13244:British war crimes
13159:Soviet occupations
12943:South-West Pacific
12830:Allied cooperation
12788:Military equipment
12094:Why the Allies Won
11627:. Sterling Press.
11440:(September 1986).
11171:. Zenith Imprint.
11042:Frieser et al 2007
11006:Frieser et al 2007
10996:, pp. 130–132
10979:Frieser et al 2007
10343:Frieser et al 2007
10295:Frieser et al 2007
10259:Frieser et al 2007
9307:Frieser et al 2007
9103:Frieser et al 2007
8741:Frieser et al 2007
8490:Frieser et al 2007
7843:, pp. 41, 49.
7368:Guderian 1952 p308
6844:, pp. 11, 13.
6379:(31 August 2013).
5929:, p. 427–428.
5880:Frieser et al 2007
5802:Frieser et al 2007
5735:Frieser et al 2007
5711:Frieser et al 2007
5640:Frieser et al 2007
5596:Frieser et al 2007
5515:Frieser et al 2007
5443:Battle of Chawinda
5160:Frieser et al 2007
5131:Frieser et al 2007
5003:
4976:
4943:
4931:Karl-Heinz Frieser
4924:Russian historian
4902:
4775:
4685:
4643:
4608:
4553:
4529:artillery tractors
4509:Southwestern Front
4488:
4374:
4288:
4274:II SS Panzer Corps
4210:
4157:
4136:
4114:
4110:8th Rifle Division
4068:
4028:
3971:
3842:
3733:Operation Citadel
3732:
3543:
3350:Vasily Kryuchenkin
3113:
2796:
2720:XXIV Panzer Corps
2610:II SS Panzer Corps
2518:Erich von Manstein
2515:
2508:I Flieger Division
2375:Panzer Divisions;
2326:Infantry Division
2322:Panzer Divisions;
2249:XLVI Panzer Corps
2175:
2142:
2040:
1902:
1891:automatic firearms
1831:
1778:
1694:
1638:
1558:double envelopment
1518:
1478:II SS Panzer Corps
1445:Erich von Manstein
1341:armoured spearhead
1248:history of warfare
1052:Western Carpathian
992:2nd Jassy–Kishinev
962:1st Jassy–Kishinev
947:Leningrad–Novgorod
942:Dnieper–Carpathian
504:459~1,000 aircraft
491:Operation Citadel:
429:Operation Citadel:
369:Operation Citadel:
316:Operation Citadel:
221:Erich von Manstein
16225:Conflicts in 1943
16157:
16156:
16106:Battle of Norfolk
15830:
15829:
15788:
15787:
15631:Battle of Okinawa
15530:Burma (1944–1945)
15364:Mariana and Palau
15144:Tunisian campaign
14969:Fall of Singapore
14893:Fall of Hong Kong
14636:Battle of Britain
14489:Operation Himmler
14398:
14397:
14062:Dutch East Indies
13705:Southern Rhodesia
13457:
13456:
13357:Genocide of Serbs
13260:German war crimes
13237:Soviet war crimes
13230:Allied war crimes
13076:Division of Korea
13055:Chinese Civil War
12853:Strategic bombing
12765:Manhattan Project
12385:978-1-1070-2079-5
12272:978-1-906033-89-7
12253:978-0-7603-4592-4
12213:978-3-506-78187-1
12155:Showalter, Dennis
12146:978-1-4000-6677-3
12124:978-1-4411-9813-6
12103:978-0-393-03925-2
12081:978-0-9748389-4-6
12057:on 10 August 2015
11923:978-0-09-955189-8
11904:978-0-02-934715-7
11885:978-0-7006-1517-9
11837:978-5-224-01515-3
11753:978-1-85532-337-7
11744:Osprey Publishing
11713:978-0-7524-5716-1
11694:978-1-85532-211-0
11675:978-0-19-966078-0
11625:Achtung – Panzer!
11588:978-1-136-28934-7
11569:978-0-7006-1335-9
11548:
11511:978-0-7006-0899-7
11490:978-0-7146-3347-3
11410:978-3-421-06235-2
11389:Ungváry, Kristián
11376:979-8-6316-6333-6
11357:978-0-275-95733-9
11281:978-0-7553-3639-5
11236:978-0-7006-1826-2
11223:Citino, Robert M.
11178:978-0-760312-54-4
11155:978-1-903223-91-8
11136:978-1-903223-88-8
11104:978-0-316-02374-0
11083:978-0-8050-6289-2
10936:978-0-19-872346-2
10900:Peter Strassner,
10860:978-0-19-872346-2
10675:978-0-19-872346-2
10647:978-0-19-872346-2
10526:Liddell Hart 1948
10515:(1 (1)): 112–114.
10131:, pp. 79–80.
9384:, pp. 95–96.
9061:, pp. 50–52.
8907:, pp. 77–78.
8895:, pp. 26–27.
8854:, pp. 84–86.
8698:978-1-4617-5122-9
8635:Operation Kutuzov
8305:All About History
8067:, pp. 12–13.
7915:978-0-06-122860-5
7809:, pp. 64–65.
7673:, pp. 28–29.
7290:, pp. 49–50.
7192:, pp. 51–53.
6817:, pp. 68–70.
6758:, pp. 69–70.
6731:, pp. 66–67.
6638:978-0-06-122860-5
6550:978-0-06-122860-5
6510:, pp. 64–67.
6274:russiancouncil.ru
6145:978-0-19-872346-2
6093:978-0-19-872346-2
6034:978-1-107-02079-5
5983:978-0-19-872346-2
5668:978-1-304-03818-0
5321:Source includes:
5294:Achtung – Panzer!
5127:Missing in action
5123:Wounded in action
5048:Luftflotte 6
4965:front-line losses
4708:Vasily Sokolovsky
4697:Operation Kutuzov
4169:Operation Kutuzov
3950:
3949:
3840:
3839:
3725:
3724:
3541:
3540:
3370:49th Rifle Corps
3356:48th Rifle Corps
3324:52nd Rifle Corps
3310:47th Rifle Corps
3304:Kirill Moskalenko
3276:51st Rifle Corps
3262:50th Rifle Corps
3111:
3110:
2997:28th Rifle Corps
2979:27th Rifle Corps
2965:18th Rifle Corps
2933:30th Rifle Corps
2919:24th Rifle Corps
2901:42nd Rifle Corps
2895:Prokofy Romanenko
2883:29th Rifle Corps
2869:15th Rifle Corps
2766:
2765:
2704:Franz Mattenklott
2662:III Panzer Corps
2513:
2512:
2352:Assault Division
2341:Johannes Frießner
2337:XXIII Army Corps
2178:Günther von Kluge
2147:armoured vehicles
2080:Focke-Wulf Fw 190
2023:close air support
1922:molotov cocktails
1910:Soviet Air Forces
1865:defence of Moscow
1836:anti-tank ditches
1531:Günther von Kluge
1410:Army Group Center
1404:operating in the
1295:Operation Kutuzov
1275:Operation Citadel
1218:
1217:
1126:
1125:
550:
549:
299:Alexander Novikov
291:Kirill Moskalenko
226:Günther von Kluge
174:
173:
16292:
16265:July 1943 events
16210:
16202:
16201:
16200:
16190:
16174:
16173:
16172:
16165:
15926:Battle of Gazala
15906:Battle of Hannut
15857:
15850:
15843:
15834:
15833:
15823:
15816:
15809:
15806:World portal
15804:
15803:
15779:
15772:
15765:
15758:
15749:
15742:
15735:
15726:
15719:
15712:
15705:
15698:
15691:
15682:
15675:
15668:
15666:Prague offensive
15661:
15659:Battle of Berlin
15654:
15647:
15640:
15633:
15626:
15619:
15612:
15605:
15603:Vienna offensive
15598:
15591:
15584:
15582:Battle of Manila
15577:
15557:
15548:
15539:
15532:
15523:
15516:
15509:
15502:
15495:
15488:
15481:
15472:
15463:
15456:
15447:
15440:
15433:
15426:
15417:
15410:
15403:
15396:
15389:
15382:
15375:
15366:
15359:
15350:
15341:
15332:
15325:
15323:Korsun–Cherkassy
15318:
15307:
15285:
15276:
15269:
15262:
15255:
15248:
15241:
15234:
15225:
15218:
15211:
15204:
15195:
15188:
15181:
15174:
15167:
15165:Bombing of Gorky
15160:
15153:
15146:
15126:
15119:
15110:
15103:
15096:
15087:
15080:
15073:
15066:
15055:
15048:
15041:
15034:
15032:Battle of Midway
15027:
15020:
15018:Battle of Gazala
15013:
15006:
14999:
14992:
14985:
14978:
14971:
14951:
14944:
14937:
14930:
14928:Battle of Borneo
14923:
14921:Malayan campaign
14916:
14909:
14902:
14895:
14888:
14881:
14874:
14867:
14865:Bombing of Gorky
14860:
14858:Battle of Moscow
14853:
14846:
14839:
14832:
14825:
14818:
14802:
14795:
14788:
14781:
14774:
14767:
14758:
14751:
14744:
14737:
14730:
14710:
14701:
14694:
14687:
14680:
14673:
14666:
14659:
14652:
14645:
14638:
14631:
14624:
14622:Battle of France
14617:
14610:
14603:
14596:
14589:
14582:
14562:
14555:
14548:
14541:
14534:
14527:
14520:
14498:
14491:
14484:
14477:
14475:Munich Agreement
14470:
14463:
14454:
14447:
14440:
14431:
14424:
14409:
14408:
14391:
14384:
14375:
14368:
14361:
14360:Soviet prisoners
14354:
14347:
14340:
14331:
14324:
14315:
14308:
14301:
14300:German prisoners
14296:
14276:
14267:
14260:
14253:
14248:
14241:
14234:
14227:
14220:
14213:
14206:
14199:
14192:
14185:
14178:
14171:
14164:
14157:
14148:
14141:
14134:
14127:
14120:
14113:
14106:
14099:
14092:
14085:
14078:
14071:
14064:
14057:
14050:
14043:
14036:
14029:
14022:
14002:
13995:
13988:
13981:
13974:
13967:
13960:
13953:
13946:
13939:
13932:
13912:
13905:
13898:
13891:
13883:
13876:
13869:
13860:
13853:
13845:
13838:
13836:French Indochina
13831:
13824:
13817:
13810:
13802:
13795:
13788:
13780:
13760:
13751:
13744:
13735:
13728:
13721:
13714:
13707:
13700:
13693:
13686:
13683:from August 1944
13674:
13667:
13660:
13653:
13646:
13639:
13632:
13625:
13618:
13606:
13599:
13592:
13585:
13578:
13566:
13558:
13551:
13544:
13537:
13530:
13523:
13516:
13504:
13497:
13490:
13483:
13468:
13467:
13448:
13441:
13434:
13427:
13420:
13409:
13394:
13387:
13380:
13375:
13366:
13359:
13352:
13343:
13336:
13329:
13327:Nanjing Massacre
13322:
13315:
13306:
13304:Nuremberg trials
13297:
13290:
13283:
13276:
13269:
13262:
13253:
13246:
13239:
13232:
13212:
13205:
13198:
13189:
13182:
13175:
13168:
13161:
13154:
13145:
13136:
13129:
13122:
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13092:
13085:
13078:
13071:
13064:
13057:
13037:
13028:
13021:
13014:
13005:
12998:
12991:
12984:
12975:
12968:
12961:
12952:
12945:
12938:
12931:
12924:
12917:
12910:
12908:Asia and Pacific
12890:
12883:
12876:
12869:
12862:
12855:
12848:
12839:
12837:Mulberry harbour
12832:
12825:
12818:
12811:
12804:
12797:
12790:
12783:
12774:
12767:
12760:
12751:
12744:
12737:
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12723:
12716:
12709:
12702:
12695:
12688:
12679:
12672:
12657:
12656:
12645:
12638:
12629:
12622:
12615:
12608:
12601:
12594:
12587:
12566:
12559:
12552:
12543:
12542:
12502:. Archived from
12491:. Archived from
12477:
12468:
12459:
12455:978-0-78642054-4
12440:
12418:
12416:
12414:
12388:
12370:
12351:
12321:
12317:978-1-47280002-2
12295:
12276:
12257:
12246:. Zenith Press.
12238:
12236:
12234:
12217:
12194:
12170:
12150:
12128:
12107:
12085:
12066:
12064:
12062:
12053:. Archived from
12045:
12026:
12017:
11994:
11992:
11990:
11984:
11978:. Archived from
11946:
11927:
11908:
11889:
11870:
11858:
11841:
11815:
11793:
11788:
11776:
11757:
11734:
11717:
11698:
11679:
11657:
11638:
11619:
11617:
11615:
11592:
11573:
11553:
11547:romanized:
11546:
11536:
11515:
11494:
11475:
11473:
11471:
11465:
11459:. Archived from
11446:
11438:Glantz, David M.
11433:
11414:
11380:
11361:
11342:
11305:
11303:
11301:
11285:
11266:
11240:
11217:
11216:on 20 June 2013.
11215:
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9781:
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8407:
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8395:
8389:
8383:
8374:
8373:, pp. 53–76
8368:
8362:
8356:
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8338:
8332:
8326:
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8323:
8321:
8314:978-1910-155-295
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9574:
9572:, p. 254.
9559:
9547:
9545:, p. 250.
9535:
9533:, p. 248.
9523:
9521:, p. 247.
9506:
9504:, p. 246.
9491:
9479:
9477:, p. 241.
9467:
9465:, p. 242.
9452:
9440:
9433:
9413:
9406:
9386:
9371:
9369:, p. 287.
9359:
9357:, p. 204.
9347:
9335:
9323:
9311:
9309:, p. 110.
9299:
9292:
9272:
9260:
9258:, p. 312.
9248:
9236:
9234:, p. 121.
9224:
9222:, p. 313.
9212:
9210:, p. 115.
9200:
9188:
9186:, p. 478.
9173:
9171:, p. 117.
9161:
9159:, p. 308.
9146:
9131:
9119:
9107:
9105:, p. 108.
9095:
9093:, p. 309.
9078:
9063:
9051:
9049:, p. 266.
9039:
9037:, p. 265.
9024:
9022:, p. 264.
9007:
8995:
8993:, p. 261.
8976:
8974:, p. 195.
8957:
8955:, p. 118.
8945:
8933:
8931:, p. 137.
8921:
8919:, p. 263.
8909:
8897:
8893:Bergström 2007
8885:
8883:, p. 236.
8868:
8856:
8844:
8832:
8830:, p. 226.
8820:
8818:, p. 224.
8808:
8789:
8772:
8770:, p. 345.
8757:
8755:, p. 346.
8745:
8733:
8716:
8697:
8677:
8651:
8639:
8623:
8621:, p. 140.
8611:
8609:, p. 205.
8599:
8597:, p. 143.
8587:
8585:, p. 201.
8572:
8557:
8555:, p. 237.
8536:
8506:
8504:, p. 196.
8494:
8492:, p. 112.
8477:
8475:, p. 155.
8465:
8461:Bergström 2007
8453:
8451:, p. 105.
8441:
8439:, p. 103.
8429:
8427:, p. 104.
8414:
8412:, p. 159.
8402:
8400:, p. 160.
8390:
8388:, p. 186.
8375:
8363:
8361:, p. 158.
8351:
8339:
8337:, p. 106.
8327:
8313:
8297:Overy, Richard
8288:
8281:
8260:
8258:, p. 400.
8248:
8213:
8201:
8199:, p. 172.
8189:
8187:, p. 222.
8177:
8175:, p. 472.
8162:
8160:, p. 135.
8150:
8135:
8133:, p. 241.
8120:
8108:
8106:, p. 210.
8096:
8094:, p. 113.
8084:
8069:
8057:
8055:, p. 267.
8042:
8030:
8028:, p. 151.
8018:
8006:
7994:
7979:
7960:
7958:, p. 290.
7948:
7936:
7924:
7914:
7889:
7877:
7865:
7845:
7830:
7828:, p. 211.
7811:
7794:
7777:
7775:, p. 203.
7756:
7726:
7724:, p. 202.
7714:
7712:, p. 195.
7702:
7700:, p. 204.
7687:
7675:
7663:
7651:
7649:, p. 190.
7639:
7617:
7615:, p. 189.
7600:
7598:, p. 168.
7583:
7571:
7551:
7525:
7523:, p. 471.
7513:
7501:
7486:
7469:
7457:
7455:, p. 132.
7445:
7443:, p. 223.
7433:
7431:, p. 329.
7421:
7419:, p. 170.
7409:
7397:
7385:
7370:
7361:
7359:, p. 308.
7349:
7347:, p. 205.
7337:
7335:, p. 192.
7322:
7320:, p. 183.
7307:
7303:Showalter 2013
7292:
7288:Showalter 2013
7280:
7276:Showalter 2013
7265:
7248:
7246:, p. 193.
7233:
7221:
7219:, p. 194.
7206:
7204:, p. 197.
7194:
7179:
7167:
7155:
7143:
7122:
7110:
7098:
7086:
7084:, p. 137.
7074:
7072:, p. 300.
7062:
7047:
7030:
7028:, p. 342.
7026:Moorhouse 2011
7018:
7006:
7004:, p. 187.
6989:
6987:, p. 121.
6977:
6965:
6963:, p. 354.
6953:
6951:, p. 186.
6938:
6921:
6919:, p. 184.
6909:
6907:, p. 262.
6905:Showalter 2013
6897:
6895:, p. 374.
6885:
6873:
6871:, p. 157.
6861:
6859:, p. 178.
6846:
6831:
6819:
6807:
6792:
6777:
6775:, p. 177.
6760:
6748:
6733:
6721:
6709:
6697:
6685:
6683:, p. 176.
6673:
6671:, p. 167.
6661:
6644:
6637:
6616:
6604:
6602:, p. 184.
6592:
6590:, p. 167.
6580:
6578:, p. 172.
6568:
6566:, p. 191.
6556:
6549:
6524:
6512:
6500:
6488:
6476:
6457:
6445:
6433:
6421:
6409:
6397:
6368:
6361:
6341:
6335:978-1541674103
6334:
6313:
6287:
6260:
6258:, p. 269.
6256:Showalter 2013
6248:
6241:
6221:
6181:
6155:
6144:
6123:
6111:
6099:
6092:
6071:
6062:, p. 150.
6052:
6033:
6013:
6001:
5999:, p. 262.
5989:
5982:
5964:
5952:
5943:
5931:
5916:
5914:, p. 366.
5901:
5884:
5882:, p. 150.
5872:
5853:
5837:
5835:, p. 120.
5833:Bergström 2008
5825:
5823:, p. 203.
5806:
5804:, p. 201.
5794:
5792:, p. 230.
5779:
5777:, p. 279.
5767:
5751:
5739:
5727:
5725:, p. 408.
5715:
5713:, p. 154.
5698:
5686:
5667:
5644:
5642:, p. 200.
5629:
5627:, p. 276.
5617:
5615:, p. 485.
5600:
5588:
5576:
5564:
5560:Bergström 2007
5552:
5550:, p. 337.
5531:
5527:Bergström 2007
5519:
5517:, p. 100.
5502:
5500:, p. 165.
5487:
5485:, p. 338.
5468:
5466:, p. 171.
5452:
5450:
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5347:
5333:
5314:
5299:
5278:
5270:Kesselschlacht
5262:Bewegungskrieg
5245:Jonathan House
5236:
5234:, p. 262
5211:
5186:
5173:
5164:
5147:
5135:
5133:, p. 154
5110:
5098:
5082:Voronezh Front
5073:
5069:Bergström 2007
5058:
5057:
5055:
5052:
4989:Stephen Newton
4959:
4956:
4885:
4882:
4859:
4856:
4779:Ilya Ehrenburg
4762:
4759:
4737:Main article:
4734:
4731:
4695:Main article:
4692:
4689:
4676:
4673:
4647:invaded Sicily
4634:
4631:
4596:Main article:
4593:
4590:
4562:2nd Tank Corps
4473:
4470:
4384:(commanded by
4361:
4355:
4331:anti-tank guns
4275:
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3073:Sergei Rudenko
3069:
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3057:
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3049:
3047:
3045:9th Tank Corps
3042:
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3026:
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3019:
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3005:2nd Tank Army
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2223:XX Army Corps
2221:
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2208:
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2202:
2199:
2194:
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2188:
2122:
2119:
2111:
2108:
2096:Lavochkin La-5
2092:Yakovlev Yak-9
1990:
1987:
1796:Voronezh Front
1761:Georgiy Zhukov
1741:Bletchley Park
1719:
1716:
1663:tank destroyer
1623:Heinz Guderian
1509:
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1455:(now Gierłoż,
1430:Central Fronts
1394:Army Group Don
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250:Heinz Guderian
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15914:
15912:
15909:
15907:
15904:
15902:
15899:
15897:
15894:
15893:
15891:
15889:
15885:
15879:
15876:
15875:
15873:
15871:
15867:
15858:
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15846:
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15808:
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15794:
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15778:
15774:
15771:
15767:
15764:
15760:
15759:
15757:
15753:
15748:
15744:
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15740:Kuril Islands
15737:
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15714:
15711:
15707:
15704:
15700:
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15540:
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15534:
15531:
15527:
15522:
15518:
15517:
15515:
15511:
15508:
15507:Syrmian Front
15504:
15501:
15497:
15494:
15490:
15487:
15483:
15480:
15479:
15474:
15471:
15470:
15465:
15462:
15458:
15455:
15454:
15453:Market Garden
15449:
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15439:
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15340:
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15334:
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15327:
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15320:
15317:
15313:
15312:Monte Cassino
15309:
15306:
15305:
15300:
15299:
15297:
15295:
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14716:
14709:
14708:
14703:
14700:
14696:
14693:
14689:
14686:
14682:
14679:
14678:Baltic states
14675:
14672:
14668:
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14326:
14323:
14322:United States
14319:
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14309:
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14303:
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14298:
14295:
14291:
14290:
14288:
14286:
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14275:
14271:
14266:
14262:
14259:
14258:Quốc dân Đảng
14255:
14254:
14250:
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14240:
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14024:
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14017:
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14008:
14001:
13997:
13994:
13990:
13987:
13983:
13980:
13976:
13973:
13969:
13966:
13962:
13959:
13958:Liechtenstein
13955:
13952:
13948:
13945:
13941:
13938:
13934:
13931:
13927:
13926:
13924:
13922:
13918:
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13900:
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13889:
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13804:
13801:
13797:
13794:
13790:
13786:
13782:
13779:
13775:
13774:
13772:
13770:
13766:
13759:
13755:
13750:
13746:
13745:
13743:
13742:United States
13739:
13734:
13730:
13729:
13727:
13723:
13720:
13716:
13713:
13709:
13706:
13702:
13699:
13695:
13692:
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13684:
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13608:
13605:
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13598:
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13591:
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13576:
13572:
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13564:
13560:
13557:
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13546:
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13518:
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13506:
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13496:
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13489:
13485:
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13478:
13477:
13475:
13473:
13469:
13466:
13464:
13460:
13447:
13443:
13440:
13436:
13433:
13432:Comfort women
13429:
13426:
13422:
13419:
13416: /
13415:
13411:
13408:
13405: /
13404:
13401: /
13400:
13396:
13393:
13392:Camp brothels
13389:
13386:
13382:
13381:
13377:
13374:
13370:
13365:
13361:
13358:
13354:
13353:
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13335:
13331:
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13324:
13323:
13321:
13317:
13314:
13310:
13305:
13301:
13296:
13292:
13289:
13285:
13284:
13282:
13281:The Holocaust
13278:
13275:
13271:
13268:
13267:forced labour
13264:
13263:
13261:
13257:
13252:
13248:
13245:
13241:
13238:
13234:
13233:
13231:
13227:
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13224:
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13211:
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13153:
13152:
13147:
13144:
13143:
13138:
13135:
13131:
13128:
13124:
13121:
13120:Marshall Plan
13117:
13114:
13113:
13108:
13105:
13101:
13098:
13094:
13091:
13087:
13084:
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13009:
13004:
13000:
12997:
12993:
12990:
12986:
12985:
12983:
12979:
12974:
12973:Eastern Front
12970:
12967:
12966:Western Front
12963:
12962:
12960:
12956:
12951:
12947:
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12909:
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12902:
12900:
12896:
12889:
12885:
12882:
12878:
12875:
12871:
12868:
12864:
12861:
12860:Puppet states
12857:
12854:
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12838:
12834:
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12827:
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12813:
12810:
12806:
12803:
12802:Naval history
12799:
12796:
12792:
12789:
12785:
12782:
12778:
12773:
12769:
12768:
12766:
12762:
12759:
12755:
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12749:United States
12746:
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12578:
12574:
12567:
12562:
12560:
12555:
12553:
12548:
12547:
12544:
12538:
12534:
12533:Robert Citino
12531:, lecture by
12530:
12526:
12522:
12519:
12515:
12512:
12508:
12505:
12501:
12497:
12494:
12490:
12486:
12485:
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12466:
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12457:
12451:
12447:
12442:
12438:
12436:0-00-721465-0
12432:
12428:
12424:
12420:
12408:
12404:
12400:
12396:
12391:
12387:
12381:
12377:
12372:
12368:
12366:0-89141-380-4
12362:
12358:
12353:
12349:
12345:
12341:
12339:0-688-04268-6
12335:
12331:
12327:
12323:
12319:
12313:
12309:
12304:
12303:
12293:
12291:0-7146-5052-8
12287:
12283:
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12274:
12268:
12264:
12259:
12255:
12249:
12245:
12240:
12228:
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12209:
12205:
12201:
12196:
12192:
12190:0-7064-0399-1
12186:
12182:
12181:
12176:
12175:Taylor, A.J.P
12172:
12168:
12164:
12160:
12156:
12152:
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12138:
12134:
12130:
12126:
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12095:
12091:
12087:
12083:
12077:
12073:
12068:
12056:
12052:
12047:
12043:
12041:0-306-81150-2
12037:
12033:
12028:
12024:
12019:
12015:
12013:0-921991-37-1
12009:
12005:
12001:
11996:
11981:
11977:
11973:
11969:
11965:
11961:
11957:
11953:
11948:
11944:
11942:1-877853-13-5
11938:
11934:
11929:
11925:
11919:
11915:
11910:
11906:
11900:
11896:
11891:
11887:
11881:
11877:
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11868:
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11856:
11852:
11848:
11843:
11839:
11833:
11829:
11825:
11821:
11817:
11813:
11811:1-85367-280-7
11807:
11803:
11799:
11795:
11792:
11785:
11784:
11778:
11774:
11772:0-88740-812-5
11768:
11764:
11759:
11755:
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11724:
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11709:
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11696:
11690:
11686:
11681:
11677:
11671:
11667:
11663:
11659:
11655:
11653:0-306-81101-4
11649:
11645:
11644:Panzer Leader
11640:
11636:
11634:0-304-35285-3
11630:
11626:
11621:
11609:
11605:
11604:
11599:
11594:
11590:
11584:
11580:
11575:
11571:
11565:
11561:
11556:
11552:
11544:
11540:
11534:
11532:0-7146-4933-3
11528:
11524:
11523:
11517:
11513:
11507:
11503:
11502:
11496:
11492:
11486:
11482:
11477:
11462:
11458:
11454:
11450:
11443:
11439:
11435:
11431:
11429:0-8330-4831-7
11425:
11421:
11416:
11412:
11406:
11402:
11398:
11394:
11390:
11386:
11382:
11378:
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11193:
11189:
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11123:
11119:
11115:
11110:
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11100:
11096:
11095:
11089:
11085:
11079:
11075:
11071:
11067:
11066:
11055:
11050:
11043:
11038:
11032:, p. 41.
11031:
11026:
11020:, p. 134
11019:
11014:
11007:
11002:
10995:
10990:
10988:
10980:
10975:
10973:
10956:
10952:
10946:
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10903:
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10770:
10768:
10760:
10755:
10748:
10743:
10741:
10732:
10726:
10722:
10718:
10712:
10706:, p. vi.
10705:
10700:
10698:
10690:
10685:
10677:
10671:
10667:
10663:
10657:
10649:
10643:
10639:
10635:
10629:
10621:
10619:1-59420-100-5
10615:
10611:
10607:
10601:
10594:
10589:
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10577:
10569:
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10561:
10557:
10553:
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10539:
10534:
10527:
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10510:
10503:
10495:
10493:9780141391090
10489:
10485:
10484:
10476:
10469:
10464:
10457:
10452:
10450:
10442:
10437:
10421:
10417:
10413:
10406:
10404:
10395:
10393:1-59420-100-5
10389:
10385:
10381:
10375:
10369:, p. 70.
10368:
10363:
10356:
10351:
10344:
10339:
10332:
10327:
10320:
10315:
10308:
10303:
10296:
10291:
10284:
10279:
10272:
10267:
10260:
10255:
10239:
10235:
10231:
10224:
10218:, p. 32.
10217:
10212:
10205:
10200:
10194:, p. 22.
10193:
10188:
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10176:
10169:
10164:
10162:
10154:
10149:
10142:
10137:
10130:
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10106:
10101:
10094:
10089:
10082:
10077:
10070:
10065:
10058:
10053:
10046:
10041:
10035:, p. 77.
10034:
10029:
10022:
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10010:
10005:
9998:
9993:
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9981:
9974:
9969:
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9815:
9810:
9803:
9798:
9791:
9786:
9779:
9774:
9772:
9764:
9759:
9753:, p. 72.
9752:
9747:
9740:
9735:
9728:
9723:
9716:
9711:
9704:
9699:
9697:
9695:
9687:
9682:
9675:
9670:
9663:
9658:
9656:
9654:
9646:
9641:
9634:
9629:
9622:
9617:
9610:
9605:
9598:
9593:
9591:
9583:
9578:
9571:
9566:
9564:
9556:
9551:
9544:
9539:
9532:
9527:
9520:
9515:
9513:
9511:
9503:
9498:
9496:
9488:
9483:
9476:
9471:
9464:
9459:
9457:
9449:
9444:
9436:
9434:9780141391090
9430:
9426:
9425:
9417:
9409:
9407:9780141391090
9403:
9399:
9398:
9390:
9383:
9378:
9376:
9368:
9363:
9356:
9351:
9344:
9339:
9333:, p. 94.
9332:
9327:
9320:
9315:
9308:
9303:
9295:
9293:9780141391090
9289:
9285:
9284:
9276:
9269:
9264:
9257:
9252:
9246:, p. 91.
9245:
9240:
9233:
9228:
9221:
9216:
9209:
9204:
9197:
9192:
9185:
9180:
9178:
9170:
9165:
9158:
9153:
9151:
9144:, p. 93.
9143:
9138:
9136:
9128:
9123:
9116:
9111:
9104:
9099:
9092:
9087:
9085:
9083:
9075:
9070:
9068:
9060:
9055:
9048:
9043:
9036:
9031:
9029:
9021:
9016:
9014:
9012:
9005:, p. 86.
9004:
8999:
8992:
8987:
8985:
8983:
8981:
8973:
8968:
8966:
8964:
8962:
8954:
8949:
8942:
8937:
8930:
8925:
8918:
8913:
8906:
8901:
8894:
8889:
8882:
8877:
8875:
8873:
8866:, p. 77.
8865:
8860:
8853:
8848:
8841:
8836:
8829:
8824:
8817:
8812:
8806:, p. 59.
8805:
8800:
8798:
8796:
8794:
8787:, p. 81.
8786:
8781:
8779:
8777:
8769:
8764:
8762:
8754:
8749:
8743:, p. 91.
8742:
8737:
8730:
8725:
8723:
8721:
8704:
8700:
8694:
8690:
8689:
8681:
8665:
8661:
8655:
8648:
8643:
8636:
8632:
8627:
8620:
8615:
8608:
8603:
8596:
8591:
8584:
8579:
8577:
8570:, p. 41.
8569:
8564:
8562:
8554:
8549:
8547:
8545:
8543:
8541:
8524:
8520:
8516:
8510:
8503:
8498:
8491:
8486:
8484:
8482:
8474:
8469:
8462:
8457:
8450:
8445:
8438:
8433:
8426:
8421:
8419:
8411:
8406:
8399:
8394:
8387:
8382:
8380:
8372:
8367:
8360:
8355:
8348:
8343:
8336:
8331:
8316:
8310:
8306:
8302:
8298:
8292:
8284:
8282:1-59420-100-5
8278:
8274:
8270:
8264:
8257:
8252:
8233:
8226:
8225:
8217:
8210:
8205:
8198:
8193:
8186:
8181:
8174:
8169:
8167:
8159:
8154:
8148:, p. 78.
8147:
8142:
8140:
8132:
8127:
8125:
8118:, p. 33.
8117:
8112:
8105:
8100:
8093:
8088:
8081:
8076:
8074:
8066:
8061:
8054:
8049:
8047:
8040:, p. 90.
8039:
8034:
8027:
8022:
8015:
8010:
8004:, p. 58.
8003:
7998:
7992:, p. 74.
7991:
7986:
7984:
7977:, p. 20.
7976:
7971:
7969:
7967:
7965:
7957:
7952:
7946:, p. 67.
7945:
7940:
7934:, p. 39.
7933:
7928:
7921:
7917:
7911:
7907:
7906:HarperCollins
7903:
7899:
7893:
7886:
7881:
7874:
7869:
7862:
7860:
7854:
7852:
7850:
7842:
7837:
7835:
7827:
7822:
7820:
7818:
7816:
7808:
7803:
7801:
7799:
7792:, p. 22.
7791:
7786:
7784:
7782:
7774:
7769:
7767:
7765:
7763:
7761:
7744:
7740:
7736:
7730:
7723:
7718:
7711:
7706:
7699:
7694:
7692:
7685:, p. 39.
7684:
7679:
7672:
7667:
7661:, p. 28.
7660:
7655:
7648:
7643:
7636:
7632:
7629:
7624:
7622:
7614:
7609:
7607:
7605:
7597:
7592:
7590:
7588:
7580:
7575:
7568:
7564:
7560:
7555:
7539:
7535:
7529:
7522:
7517:
7510:
7505:
7498:
7497:
7490:
7484:, p. 18.
7483:
7478:
7476:
7474:
7467:, p. 25.
7466:
7461:
7454:
7449:
7442:
7437:
7430:
7429:Mulligan 1987
7425:
7418:
7413:
7407:, p. 83.
7406:
7401:
7394:
7389:
7383:, p. 55.
7382:
7377:
7375:
7365:
7358:
7357:Guderian 1952
7353:
7346:
7345:Guderian 1937
7341:
7334:
7329:
7327:
7319:
7314:
7312:
7305:, p. 50.
7304:
7299:
7297:
7289:
7284:
7278:, p. 49.
7277:
7272:
7270:
7262:
7257:
7255:
7253:
7245:
7240:
7238:
7231:, p. 79.
7230:
7225:
7218:
7213:
7211:
7203:
7198:
7191:
7186:
7184:
7176:
7171:
7165:, p. 13.
7164:
7159:
7152:
7147:
7140:
7135:
7133:
7131:
7129:
7127:
7119:
7114:
7107:
7102:
7095:
7090:
7083:
7078:
7071:
7070:Willmott 1990
7066:
7059:
7054:
7052:
7045:, p. 24.
7044:
7039:
7037:
7035:
7027:
7022:
7016:, p. 25.
7015:
7010:
7003:
6998:
6996:
6994:
6986:
6981:
6974:
6969:
6962:
6957:
6950:
6945:
6943:
6936:, p. 14.
6935:
6930:
6928:
6926:
6918:
6913:
6906:
6901:
6894:
6889:
6883:, p. 43.
6882:
6877:
6870:
6865:
6858:
6853:
6851:
6843:
6838:
6836:
6829:, p. 10.
6828:
6823:
6816:
6811:
6805:, p. 13.
6804:
6799:
6797:
6790:, p. 61.
6789:
6784:
6782:
6774:
6769:
6767:
6765:
6757:
6752:
6745:
6740:
6738:
6730:
6725:
6719:, p. 27.
6718:
6713:
6706:
6705:Hartmann 2013
6701:
6695:, p. 11.
6694:
6689:
6682:
6677:
6670:
6665:
6658:
6653:
6651:
6649:
6640:
6634:
6630:
6626:
6620:
6614:, p. 66.
6613:
6608:
6601:
6596:
6589:
6584:
6577:
6576:Atkinson 2007
6572:
6565:
6560:
6552:
6546:
6542:
6541:HarperCollins
6538:
6534:
6528:
6521:
6516:
6509:
6504:
6498:, p. 16.
6497:
6492:
6486:, p. 94.
6485:
6480:
6474:, p. 12.
6473:
6468:
6466:
6464:
6462:
6455:, p. 65.
6454:
6449:
6443:, p. 90.
6442:
6437:
6431:, p. 42.
6430:
6425:
6418:
6413:
6406:
6401:
6386:
6382:
6378:
6372:
6364:
6362:9780141391090
6358:
6354:
6353:
6345:
6337:
6331:
6327:
6323:
6317:
6301:
6297:
6291:
6275:
6271:
6264:
6257:
6252:
6244:
6242:9780141391090
6238:
6234:
6233:
6225:
6209:
6205:
6201:
6200:
6192:
6190:
6188:
6186:
6170:
6166:
6159:
6152:
6147:
6141:
6137:
6133:
6127:
6120:
6115:
6108:
6103:
6095:
6089:
6085:
6081:
6075:
6067:
6061:
6056:
6040:
6036:
6030:
6026:
6025:
6017:
6010:
6005:
5998:
5993:
5985:
5979:
5975:
5968:
5961:
5956:
5947:
5940:
5935:
5928:
5923:
5921:
5913:
5908:
5906:
5898:
5893:
5891:
5889:
5881:
5876:
5869:
5865:
5860:
5858:
5850:
5846:
5841:
5834:
5829:
5822:
5817:
5815:
5813:
5811:
5803:
5798:
5791:
5786:
5784:
5776:
5771:
5762:
5760:
5758:
5756:
5748:
5743:
5736:
5731:
5724:
5719:
5712:
5707:
5705:
5703:
5696:, p. 80.
5695:
5690:
5674:
5670:
5664:
5660:
5659:
5651:
5649:
5641:
5636:
5634:
5626:
5621:
5614:
5609:
5607:
5605:
5597:
5592:
5583:
5581:
5574:, p. 20.
5573:
5568:
5561:
5556:
5549:
5544:
5542:
5540:
5538:
5536:
5528:
5523:
5516:
5511:
5509:
5507:
5499:
5494:
5492:
5484:
5479:
5477:
5475:
5473:
5465:
5460:
5458:
5453:
5444:
5441:
5440:
5426:
5417:
5408:
5399:
5397:
5387:
5385:
5374:
5364:
5358:, p. 22.
5357:
5351:
5344:
5337:
5330:
5327:
5324:
5318:
5311:
5310:
5309:Panzer Leader
5303:
5296:
5295:
5290:
5289:
5282:
5275:
5271:
5267:
5263:
5259:
5254:
5250:
5246:
5240:
5233:
5229:
5225:
5221:
5220:Kursk-defence
5215:
5208:
5204:
5200:
5196:
5195:Kursk-defence
5190:
5183:
5177:
5168:
5161:
5157:
5151:
5142:
5140:
5132:
5128:
5124:
5120:
5114:
5105:
5103:
5095:
5091:
5088:) and 320 of
5087:
5083:
5077:
5070:
5063:
5059:
5051:
5049:
5046:and 229 from
5045:
5041:
5037:
5036:
5029:
5027:
5023:
5019:
5012:
5007:
5000:
4996:
4992:
4990:
4986:
4980:
4972:
4968:
4966:
4958:German losses
4955:
4953:
4947:
4939:
4935:
4932:
4927:
4926:Boris Sokolov
4922:
4918:
4915:
4911:
4907:
4899:
4895:
4890:
4884:Soviet losses
4881:
4879:
4875:
4868:
4863:
4855:
4853:
4848:
4846:
4842:
4838:
4834:
4828:
4824:
4820:
4818:
4813:
4811:
4807:
4800:
4797:
4791:
4786:
4782:
4780:
4772:
4767:
4758:
4754:
4751:
4747:
4740:
4730:
4728:
4723:
4719:
4717:
4713:
4709:
4705:
4704:Markian Popov
4698:
4688:
4681:
4672:
4668:
4666:
4662:
4661:
4655:
4650:
4648:
4639:
4630:
4626:
4623:
4617:
4614:
4604:
4599:
4589:
4586:
4582:
4578:
4573:
4571:
4567:
4563:
4558:
4549:
4545:
4543:
4537:
4534:
4530:
4524:
4522:
4518:
4514:
4513:17th Air Army
4510:
4506:
4502:
4498:
4494:
4485:
4484:
4478:
4469:
4466:
4461:
4458:
4454:
4450:
4446:
4442:
4437:
4435:
4430:
4426:
4422:
4418:
4417:friendly fire
4414:
4409:
4406:
4401:
4399:
4395:
4391:
4387:
4383:
4379:
4371:
4366:
4360:
4354:
4351:
4347:
4343:
4338:
4334:
4332:
4327:
4321:
4319:
4315:
4311:
4310:
4304:
4303:
4297:
4296:
4285:
4280:
4271:
4269:
4264:
4261:
4257:
4256:
4251:
4246:
4243:
4239:
4235:
4231:
4227:
4223:
4219:
4215:
4207:
4203:
4189:
4187:
4183:
4172:
4170:
4165:
4161:
4153:
4149:
4146:
4142:
4132:
4123:
4120:
4111:
4106:
4097:
4093:
4091:
4087:
4083:
4078:
4074:
4065:
4061:
4057:
4053:
4044:
4042:
4037:
4033:
4025:
4020:
4011:
4009:
4005:
4001:
4000:16th Air Army
3996:
3994:
3987:
3983:
3981:
3977:
3968:
3964:
3959:
3946:
3944:
3942:
3939:
3936:
3933:
3930:
3927:
3924:
3921:
3920:
3916:
3913:
3910:
3907:
3904:
3901:
3898:
3895:
3892:
3889:
3888:
3884:
3881:
3878:
3875:
3872:
3869:
3866:
3863:
3860:
3859:
3846:
3836:
3834:
3832:
3829:
3826:
3823:
3820:
3817:
3814:
3811:
3810:
3806:
3803:
3800:
3797:
3794:
3791:
3788:
3785:
3782:
3779:
3778:
3774:
3771:
3768:
3765:
3762:
3759:
3756:
3753:
3750:
3749:
3736:
3721:
3718:
3716:
3714:
3712:
3711:
3708:
3705:
3703:
3701:
3699:
3698:
3695:
3692:
3690:
3688:
3686:
3685:
3682:
3679:
3677:
3674:
3672:
3669:
3668:
3665:
3662:
3660:
3658:
3656:
3655:
3652:
3650:
3647:
3645:
3643:
3640:
3637:
3636:
3633:
3630:
3628:
3626:
3624:
3623:
3620:
3616:
3613:
3611:
3609:
3607:
3606:
3602:
3599:
3597:
3595:
3593:
3592:
3588:
3585:
3583:
3581:
3580:Alexei Zhadov
3578:
3575:
3574:
3571:
3568:
3566:
3563:
3560:
3557:
3555:
3552:
3551:
3547:
3537:
3535:
3533:
3531:
3529:
3528:17th Air Army
3525:
3524:
3521:
3518:
3516:
3514:
3512:
3511:
3508:
3505:
3503:
3501:
3499:
3498:
3495:
3492:
3490:
3488:
3486:
3485:
3482:
3479:
3477:
3475:
3472:
3470:
3467:
3466:
3463:
3460:
3458:
3456:
3454:
3453:
3450:
3447:
3445:
3443:
3441:
3440:
3436:
3434:
3431:
3429:
3427:
3424:
3423:
3420:
3417:
3415:
3413:
3411:
3410:
3407:
3404:
3402:
3400:
3398:
3397:
3394:
3392:
3389:
3387:
3385:
3382:
3380:
3377:
3376:
3372:
3369:
3367:
3365:
3363:
3362:
3358:
3355:
3353:
3351:
3348:
3345:
3344:
3340:
3337:
3335:
3333:
3331:
3330:
3326:
3323:
3321:
3319:
3317:
3316:
3312:
3309:
3307:
3305:
3302:
3300:
3297:
3296:
3292:
3289:
3287:
3285:
3283:
3282:
3278:
3275:
3273:
3271:
3269:
3268:
3264:
3261:
3259:
3257:
3254:
3252:
3249:
3248:
3245:
3242:
3239:
3237:
3235:
3233:
3232:
3228:
3225:
3223:
3221:
3219:
3218:
3214:
3211:
3209:
3207:
3204:
3202:
3199:
3198:
3194:
3191:
3189:
3187:
3185:
3184:
3180:
3177:
3175:
3173:
3171:
3170:
3167:
3163:
3160:
3157:
3155:
3153:
3150:
3148:
3145:
3144:
3141:
3138:
3136:
3133:
3130:
3127:
3125:
3122:
3121:
3117:
3107:
3104:
3102:
3100:
3098:
3097:
3094:
3091:
3089:
3087:
3085:
3084:
3081:
3078:
3076:
3074:
3070:
3068:
3067:16th Air Army
3065:
3064:
3061:
3058:
3056:
3054:
3052:
3051:
3048:
3046:
3043:
3041:
3039:
3036:
3035:
3032:
3030:
3027:
3025:
3023:
3021:
3020:
3017:
3014:
3012:
3010:
3007:
3004:
3003:
2999:
2996:
2994:
2992:
2989:
2986:
2985:
2981:
2978:
2976:
2974:
2972:
2971:
2967:
2964:
2962:
2960:
2957:
2954:
2953:
2949:
2946:
2944:
2942:
2940:
2939:
2935:
2932:
2930:
2928:
2926:
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1992:
1950:
1943:
1936:
1934:
1914:
1903:
1883:
1878:
1874:
1859:and 439,348
1849:
1832:
1808:Steppe Front
1793:
1787:
1785:
1780:
1764:
1756:
1721:
1704:assault guns
1695:
1672:
1656:Panther tank
1652:
1649:
1644:
1639:
1619:Albert Speer
1611:
1607:
1603:Walter Weiss
1594:
1583:Paul Hausser
1579:Werner Kempf
1571:Hermann Hoth
1562:Walter Model
1555:
1537:
1535:
1527:
1519:
1486:
1474:
1449:headquarters
1442:
1402:Army Group A
1400:, including
1390:Army Group B
1375:
1356:Adolf Hitler
1349:
1321:
1290:
1272:
1240:Soviet Union
1236:Nazi Germany
1229:World War II
1227:was a major
1224:
1222:
1160:
1103:
1084:Lake Balaton
1072:
1057:East Prussia
1046:Vistula–Oder
1044:
990:
983:
971:
917:
906:2nd Smolensk
884:
883:
867:
850:
836:
829:
816:
794:
762:
741:Air war 1941
716:
679:
655:1st Smolensk
622:
611:Arctic Ocean
512:
490:
456:
445:159 aircraft
428:
390:
368:
337:
315:
265:
242:Otto Deßloch
238:Walter Model
234:Werner Kempf
230:Hermann Hoth
224:
208:Soviet Union
179:Belligerents
111:Soviet Union
107:Russian SFSR
103:Kursk Oblast
44:World War II
38:Part of the
25:
15545:Bodenplatte
15431:Gothic Line
14657:West Africa
14204:Philippines
14183:Netherlands
14048:Czech lands
13986:Switzerland
13930:Afghanistan
13881:Philippines
13749:Puerto Rico
13665:Philippines
13651:New Zealand
13637:Netherlands
13590:Free France
13341:Prosecution
13142:Osoaviakhim
13012:West Africa
12996:East Africa
12643:Conferences
12326:Clark, Alan
12169:(3): 28–37.
11470:7 September
11120:(5): 84–88.
10961:28 February
10581:Empric 2020
10057:Beevor 2012
9961:Newton 2002
9901:Newton 2002
9889:Bauman 1998
9841:Bauman 1998
9621:Beevor 2012
9184:Beevor 2012
8864:Newton 2002
8473:Newton 2002
8410:Newton 2002
8398:Newton 2002
8386:Newton 2002
8359:Murray 1983
8347:Beevor 2012
8335:Muller 1992
8173:Beevor 2012
8026:Newton 2002
7975:Glantz 1986
7873:Glantz 1986
7739:sci-lib.com
7710:Glantz 2013
7521:Beevor 2012
7465:Newton 2002
7318:Glantz 2013
7163:Newton 2002
7118:Newton 2002
7106:Citino 2012
7094:Citino 2013
7043:Glantz 1986
6985:Citino 2012
6893:Newton 2002
6815:Citino 2012
6756:Citino 2012
6729:Citino 2012
6612:Glantz 1986
6600:Glantz 2013
6520:Glantz 1989
6472:Newton 2002
6119:Töppel 2017
6009:Töppel 2017
5960:Töppel 2017
5821:Töppel 2017
5694:Searle 2017
5613:Beevor 2012
5288:schwerpunkt
5205:: 255,566.
5201:: 429,890;
5197:: 177,847;
5022:flame tanks
4985:Carl Holidt
4898:Prokhorovka
4771:Prokhorovka
4750:Mius Rivers
4517:Prokhorovka
4388:), was the
4386:Erhard Raus
4226:Panzer IIIs
4086:Borgward IV
3967:Sd.Kfz. 251
3675:S. Gorunov
2959:Pavel Batov
2783:light tanks
2685:Erhard Raus
2281:Josef Harpe
2166:Panzerwaffe
1729:Switzerland
1675:Alfred Jodl
1180:Prokhorovka
879:Gorky Blitz
874:3rd Kharkov
790:2nd Kharkov
692:1st Kharkov
687:Sea of Azov
498:177,847 men
448:c. 500 guns
401:7,360 tanks
379:5,128 tanks
348:3,253 tanks
326:2,928 tanks
254:Alfred Jodl
156:Territorial
135: /
16219:Categories
15645:West Hunan
15478:Pointblank
14814:Silver Fox
14800:Summer War
14553:Winter War
14532:Phoney War
14313:Azerbaijan
14274:Yugoslavia
14169:Luxembourg
14011:Resistance
13758:Yugoslavia
13623:Luxembourg
13425:Sook Ching
13221:War crimes
12823:Technology
12816:Opposition
12758:Lend-Lease
12735:Australian
12728:Home front
12686:Blitzkrieg
12636:Casualties
12627:Commanders
12599:Operations
11855:1180810844
11731:1171523193
11541:(Russian:
11018:Jentz 1995
10994:Jentz 1995
10877:Healy 2010
10811:www.lib.ru
10689:Healy 2010
10283:Overy 1995
10271:Overy 1995
10204:Healy 2010
10168:Healy 2010
10153:Healy 2010
10141:Healy 2010
10045:Clark 2012
9949:Healy 2010
9937:Yeide 2014
9913:Clark 2012
9853:Clark 2012
9829:Clark 2012
9802:Clark 2012
9739:Clark 2012
9727:Clark 2012
9662:Clark 2012
9645:Clark 2012
9633:Clark 2012
9609:Clark 2012
9597:Clark 2012
9582:Clark 2012
9570:Clark 2012
9555:Clark 2012
9543:Clark 2012
9531:Clark 2012
9519:Clark 2012
9502:Clark 2012
9487:Clark 2012
9475:Clark 2012
9463:Clark 2012
9448:Clark 2012
9367:Healy 2010
9355:Overy 1995
9343:Healy 2010
9256:Clark 2012
9220:Clark 2012
9196:Clark 2012
9157:Clark 2012
9127:Clark 2012
9091:Clark 2012
9074:Clark 2012
9059:Münch 1997
9047:Clark 2012
9035:Clark 2012
9020:Clark 2012
8991:Clark 2012
8972:Clark 2012
8941:Clark 2012
8917:Clark 2012
8881:Clark 2012
8840:Clark 2012
8828:Clark 2012
8816:Clark 2012
8729:Clark 2012
8647:Clark 2012
8631:Clark 2012
8607:Healy 2010
8583:Healy 2010
8568:Healy 1992
8553:Clark 2012
8529:20 October
8502:Clark 2012
8449:Healy 2010
8437:Healy 2010
8425:Healy 2010
8371:Corum 1995
8209:Clark 2012
8197:Healy 2010
8185:Clark 2012
8146:Healy 2010
8104:Clark 2012
8092:Healy 2010
8080:Clark 2012
8053:Clark 2012
8014:Clark 2012
7990:Healy 2010
7826:Clark 2012
7773:Clark 2012
7722:Clark 2012
7698:Clark 2012
7647:Clark 2012
7613:Clark 2012
7579:Clark 2012
7509:Clark 2012
7494:Copeland,
7453:Healy 2010
7441:Clark 2012
7405:Healy 2010
7333:Clark 2012
7244:Clark 2012
7229:Healy 2010
7217:Clark 2012
7202:Clark 2012
7175:Clark 2012
7139:Brand 2003
7002:Clark 2012
6973:Clark 2012
6949:Clark 2012
6917:Clark 2012
6881:Healy 2010
6857:Clark 2012
6773:Clark 2012
6717:Healy 2010
6681:Clark 2012
6669:Clark 2012
6453:Healy 2010
6441:Healy 2010
6429:Healy 2010
6107:Clark 2012
5866:, p.
5847:, p.
5723:Clark 2012
5449:References
5230:; 1,864.
5125:and 1,960
4858:Casualties
4806:Stalingrad
4577:Psel River
4501:5th Guards
4480:Luftwaffe
4344:and II SS
4255:Panzerkeil
3925:2,500,000
3893:1,987,463
3815:1,910,361
3783:1,426,352
3546:Ivan Konev
3346:69th Army
2987:70th Army
2955:65th Army
2909:60th Army
2891:48th Army
2637:, and the
2540:Divisions
2114:See also:
2017:, then to
1973:Matilda II
1961:lend-lease
1938:maskirovka
1812:Ivan Konev
1757:rasputitsa
1551:blitzkrieg
1502:rasputitsa
1466:Zaporizhia
1372:Background
1003:2nd Baltic
998:Dukla Pass
985:Doppelkopf
957:2nd Crimea
901:2nd Donbas
891:1st Donbas
868:Polar Star
818:Stalingrad
702:Sevastopol
697:1st Crimea
640:1st Baltic
624:Barbarossa
601:Baltic Sea
436:54,182 men
279:Ivan Konev
137:51.7; 36.1
84:1943-08-23
76:1943-07-05
15710:Manchuria
15596:Indochina
15372:Bagration
14823:Lithuania
14468:Anschluss
14265:Viet Minh
14162:Lithuania
14104:Hong Kong
13874:Manchukuo
13829:Azad Hind
13488:Australia
13288:Aftermath
13151:Paperclip
13046:Aftermath
12846:Total war
12714:Diplomacy
12677:In Europe
11976:162709461
11457:320412485
11331:1543-7795
10704:Nipe 2011
10244:20 August
10117:Nipe 2011
10105:Nipe 2011
10021:Nipe 2011
10009:Nipe 2011
9985:Nipe 2011
9973:Nipe 2011
9751:Nipe 2011
8670:12 August
8595:Nipe 2011
8241:20 August
7151:Nipe 1998
6788:Dunn 1997
6564:Dunn 1997
6484:Dunn 1997
6214:20 August
6174:20 August
5251:in 2013,
5226:; 2,586.
5222:; 1,614.
5121:, 43,159
5018:Ferdinand
4999:Panzer IV
4952:Luftwaffe
4796:Zitadelle
4447:of Corps
4432:furthest
4318:Luftwaffe
4314:Totenkopf
4309:Totenkopf
4302:Das Reich
4216:division
4145:war diary
4064:Starshina
4036:Ferdinand
3963:Panzer IV
3570:Divisions
3299:40th Army
3251:38th Army
3140:Divisions
2830:13th Army
2823:Divisions
2641:Totenkopf
2633:Das Reich
2562:Eugen Ott
2253:Hans Zorn
2205:Divisions
2133:Das Reich
2007:to defend
1977:Valentine
1969:Churchill
1816:Don Front
1745:Luftwaffe
1735:, at the
1660:Ferdinand
1538:Zitadelle
1498:Wehrmacht
1398:Don River
1028:Gumbinnen
973:Bagration
812:Sinyavino
796:Case Blue
681:Leningrad
606:Black Sea
533:Luftwaffe
398:2,500,000
16093:Gulf War
15821:Category
15770:document
15680:document
15537:Ardennes
15521:Budapest
15469:Crossbow
15347:Overlord
15186:Smolensk
14404:Timeline
14239:Slovakia
14225:Thailand
14076:Ethiopia
14041:Bulgaria
13965:Portugal
13903:Thailand
13785:Bulgaria
13563:Eswatini
13556:Ethiopia
13509:Bulgaria
13334:Unit 731
13295:Response
13112:Keelhaul
13062:Cold War
13035:Americas
13026:timeline
13019:Atlantic
12899:Theaters
12348:40117106
12328:(1966).
12157:(2013).
12135:(2013).
12092:(1995).
11865:(1948).
11822:(2001).
11800:(1997).
11664:(2013).
11614:19 March
11263:Archived
11225:(2012).
11072:(2007).
10955:Archived
10925:(2017).
10849:(2017).
10790:Archived
10719:(2020).
10664:(2017).
10636:(2017).
10608:(2006).
10420:Archived
10382:(2006).
10238:Archived
8709:6 August
8703:Archived
8664:Archived
8523:Archived
8271:(2006).
8232:Archived
7900:(2012).
7743:Archived
7631:Archived
7544:6 August
7538:Archived
7496:Colossus
6627:(2012).
6535:(2012).
6324:(2020).
6208:Archived
6134:(2017).
6082:(2017).
6039:Archived
5679:6 August
5673:Archived
5437:See also
5378:Citadel.
4867:history.
4455:. Corps
4443:and the
4305:and the
4260:Pakfront
3931:940,900
3899:625,271
3890:Frieser
3821:780,900
3789:518,271
3780:Frieser
3071:General
2769:Red Army
2735:and the
2729:5th SS (
2560:General
2260:, 31st,
2212:9th Army
2161:Division
2136:with a
2102:and the
1690:materiel
1599:2nd Army
1577:, under
1566:9th Army
1493:Belgorod
1438:Smolensk
1406:Caucasus
1382:Red Army
1361:Red Army
1238:and the
1200:Belgorod
1073:Solstice
1033:Budapest
1023:Courland
1013:Debrecen
1008:Belgrade
930:2nd Kiev
802:Caucasus
775:Demyansk
736:Chechnya
670:1st Kiev
307:Strength
94:Location
15747:Shumshu
15514:Hungary
15461:Estonia
15445:Lapland
15423:Dragoon
15356:Neptune
15338:Ichi-Go
15304:Tempest
15246:Changde
15201:Cottage
15093:Jubilee
14809:Finland
14707:Compass
14413:Prelude
14366:Finland
14252:Vietnam
14218:Romania
14090:Germany
14069:Estonia
14055:Denmark
14034:Belgium
14027:Austria
14020:Albania
13951:Ireland
13937:Andorra
13921:Neutral
13888:Romania
13822:Hungary
13807:Finland
13679:Romania
13571:Finland
13549:Denmark
13495:Belgium
13481:Algeria
13187:Romania
13173:Hungary
12929:Pacific
12653:General
12607:Leaders
12592:Battles
12585:Outline
12529:YouTube
12413:13 June
12233:17 June
12061:17 July
11989:25 July
11399:].
11339:2944364
11300:14 June
11063:Sources
10816:7 April
10416:Pursuit
8320:1 April
6390:6 April
6306:6 April
6280:8 April
6169:Pursuit
4761:Results
4542:Korocha
4536:bodies.
4368:Soviet
4232:of the
4082:Goliath
4022:German
3961:German
3922:Glantz
3911:47,416
3885:German
3879:Soviet
3876:German
3870:Soviet
3867:German
3861:Soviet
3812:Glantz
3801:31,415
3775:German
3769:Soviet
3766:German
3760:Soviet
3757:German
3751:Soviet
2138:Tiger I
2121:Germans
2060:gun pod
1930:roubles
1918:PTRD-41
1712:mortars
1470:Kharkov
1453:Görlitz
1434:Bryansk
1426:Western
1422:Bryansk
1376:As the
1303:Кутузов
1299:Russian
1287:salient
1205:Kharkov
1185:Kutuzov
1175:Citadel
1067:Breslau
1062:Silesia
967:Karelia
919:Dnieper
785:Bamberg
726:Finland
675:Tallinn
345:940,900
323:780,900
194:Germany
158:changes
123:36°06′E
120:51°42′N
82: (
74: (
16162:Portal
15724:Debate
15696:Taipei
15689:Borneo
15267:Tarawa
14461:Europe
14422:Africa
14211:Poland
14197:Norway
14176:Malaya
14155:Latvia
14097:Greece
14083:France
13979:Sweden
13944:Bhutan
13672:Poland
13658:Norway
13630:Mexico
13597:Greece
13583:France
13521:Canada
13502:Brazil
13472:Allies
13418:Serbia
13407:Poland
13180:Poland
13166:Baltic
12959:Europe
12661:Topics
12613:Allied
12452:
12433:
12382:
12363:
12346:
12336:
12314:
12288:
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11729:
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11691:
11672:
11650:
11631:
11598:et al.
11585:
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11508:
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6090:
6045:20 May
6031:
5980:
5665:
5026:panzer
4497:Stavka
4493:Oboyan
4396:. The
3940:3,253
3937:2.3:1
3934:7,360
3928:2.7:1
3917:9,467
3908:2,699
3902:8,200
3896:3.2:1
3882:Ratio
3873:Ratio
3864:Ratio
3853:Tanks
3830:2,928
3827:1.7:1
3824:5,128
3818:2.5:1
3807:7,417
3798:2,465
3792:4,938
3786:2.8:1
3772:Ratio
3763:Ratio
3754:Ratio
3743:Tanks
2775:Fronts
2731:Wiking
2534:Corps
2318:, and
2074:, and
1965:M3 Lee
1844:dug-in
1788:Stavka
1766:Stavka
1699:panzer
1614:Munich
1585:. The
1573:, and
1544:, the
1461:Donbas
1457:Poland
1418:Rostov
1345:Verdun
1325:allies
1279:German
1190:Roland
1111:Prague
1105:Berlin
1094:Vienna
911:Lenino
753:Lyuban
718:Moscow
707:Rostov
665:Odessa
205:
191:
148:Result
16280:Kursk
16206:Media
15500:Leyte
15330:Narva
15316:Anzio
15274:Makin
15232:Burma
15116:Torch
15085:Rzhev
15046:Kiska
14132:Korea
14118:Japan
14111:Italy
13993:Tibet
13972:Spain
13850:Italy
13611:Italy
13604:India
13528:China
13403:Japan
13003:Italy
12915:China
12867:Women
12525:Video
12202:[
11983:(PDF)
11972:S2CID
11826:[
11787:(PDF)
11464:(PDF)
11445:(PDF)
11395:[
11335:JSTOR
11214:(PDF)
10906:Kursk
10426:5 May
8235:(PDF)
8228:(PDF)
7749:8 May
5849:Kursk
5054:Notes
4810:front
4585:Kempf
4581:Kempf
4465:Kempf
4434:Kempf
4378:Kempf
4359:Kempf
4206:Wespe
3995:radar
3993:Freya
3856:Guns
3746:Guns
3565:Corps
3561:Note
3135:Corps
3131:Note
2818:Corps
2814:Note
2754:VIII
2639:3rd (
2631:2nd (
2623:1st (
2531:Note
2525:Army
2450:110th
2428:208th
2406:299th
2346:216th
2290:292nd
2262:102nd
2197:Corps
2193:Note
1851:Army
1667:Tiger
1595:Kempf
1414:Kursk
1244:Kursk
1242:near
952:Narva
925:Nevel
885:Kursk
851:Iskra
780:Kholm
764:Rzhev
731:Kerch
712:Gorky
645:Brody
630:Brest
99:Kursk
58:Kursk
15888:WWII
15566:1945
15294:1944
15135:1943
15063:Blue
15053:Attu
14960:1942
14719:1941
14571:1940
14509:1939
14438:Asia
14285:POWs
14125:Jews
13843:Iraq
13769:Axis
13719:Tuva
13535:Cuba
12620:Axis
12450:ISBN
12431:ISBN
12415:2013
12380:ISBN
12361:ISBN
12344:OCLC
12334:ISBN
12312:ISBN
12286:ISBN
12267:ISBN
12248:ISBN
12235:2015
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11991:2007
11937:ISBN
11918:ISBN
11899:ISBN
11880:ISBN
11851:OCLC
11832:ISBN
11806:ISBN
11767:ISBN
11748:ISBN
11727:OCLC
11708:ISBN
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11670:ISBN
11648:ISBN
11629:ISBN
11616:2015
11583:ISBN
11564:ISBN
11527:ISBN
11506:ISBN
11485:ISBN
11472:2011
11453:OCLC
11424:ISBN
11405:ISBN
11371:ISBN
11352:ISBN
11327:ISSN
11302:2013
11276:ISBN
11231:ISBN
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11150:ISBN
11131:ISBN
11099:ISBN
11078:ISBN
10963:2023
10931:ISBN
10855:ISBN
10818:2024
10725:ISBN
10670:ISBN
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10614:ISBN
10488:ISBN
10428:2019
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9429:ISBN
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8711:2019
8693:ISBN
8672:2017
8531:2016
8322:2024
8309:ISBN
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8243:2023
7910:ISBN
7861:2011
7751:2013
7565:and
7546:2010
6633:ISBN
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6357:ISBN
6330:ISBN
6308:2024
6282:2024
6237:ISBN
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6176:2023
6140:ISBN
6088:ISBN
6066:help
6047:2022
6029:ISBN
5978:ISBN
5681:2019
5663:ISBN
4894:T-34
4835:and
4503:and
4486:unit
4457:Raus
4449:Raus
4423:and
4382:Raus
4370:PTRD
4228:and
4212:The
4184:and
4084:and
3965:and
3914:5:1
3905:3:1
3850:Men
3804:4:1
3795:2:1
3740:Men
3554:Army
3124:Army
2807:Army
2787:T-60
2737:17th
2590:11th
2588:and
2377:10th
2373:12th
2371:and
2350:78th
2320:20th
2286:18th
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