WhatS More ? SubscribeThe Battle of Kursk, which involved the largest tank battle of the Second World War, was fought on the steppe of Kursk oblast between July 5 and August 23, 1943. It was initiated by the Germans who, in retreat after their spectacular defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad, concentrated 50 divisions, two tank brigades, three tank battalions, and eight artillery assault divisions comprising 2,700 Tiger and Panther tanks, some two thousand aircraft, and 900,000 men in all. The Soviet forces, consisting of General K. K. Rokossovskiis Army of the Center, General N. F. Vatutins Voronezh Army, and the reserve army of the Steppe Front under General I. S. Konev, numbered 1.3 million troops, 3,600 tanks, and 2,800 aircraft. The German offensive, code named Citadel, involved two simultaneous thrusts against the Soviet-held northern and southern salients. Both were successfully repulsed, and by July 12, the Soviet forces had gone over to the offensive. On August 4, the city of Orel was liberated and by the 18th the German army took up defensive positions east of Bryansk. It had lost 30 of its 50 divisions and up to 500,000 men killed, wounded or missing in action. From its victory in the Battle of Kursk, the Soviet Red Army went on to liberate most of Ukraine in the autumn of 1943, marching into Kiev on November 6. Although Western historiography traditionally marks the beginning of the German downfall to the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the crushing defeat of Kursk makes a more likely turning point for the war.Whats More Videos ??? Subscribe ,documentary ,history channel documentary ,national geographic documentary ,bbc documentary ,discovery channel documentary ,lil wayne documentary ,documentary films ,slender man documentary ,north korea documentary ,serial killer documentary ,ufo documentary ,anorexia documentary ,area 51 documentary ,documentary bbc ,documentaries ,ww2 documentary ,lil wayne ,national geographic ,the carter documentary ,the game documentary ,holocaust documentary ,illuminati documentary ,prison documentary ,chernobyl documentary ,pbs documentary ,history channel ,9 11 documentary ,the bridge documentary ,discovery channel ,dream team documentary ,documentary history channel ,9/11 documentary ,vietnam war documentary ,schizophrenia documentary ,the game ,bbc documentary history ,pablo escobar documentary ,universe documentary ,bodybuilding documentary ,mike tyson documentary ,illuminati ,afghanistan war documentary ,jim jones documentary ,bipolar disorder documentary ,beyonce documentary ,grey gardens documentary ,scientology documentary ,bbc ,bigfoot documentary ,ted bundy documentary ,ufo documentary 2013 ,biography channel documentary ,tupac documentary ,bermuda triangle documentary ,wrestling documentary ,documentary on prostitution ,autism documentary ,michael jackson documentary ,saddam hussein documentary ,young jeezy documentary ,bbc documentary 2013 ,gang documentary ,alien documentary ,911 documentary ,civil war documentary ,bbc documentary science ,mafia documentary ,michael jordan documentary ,slender man ,invisible children documentary ,space documentary ,graffiti documentary ,drake documentary ,tim tebow documentary ,full documentary ,che guevara documentary ,black metal documentary ,charles manson documentary ,history documentary ,joseph kony documentary ,bob marley documentary ,nicki minaj documentary ,aleister crowley documentary ,rastafari documentary ,titanic documentary ,drake ,jay z documentary ,documentary on gangs ,science documentary ,war documentary ,vice ,buddhism documentary ,ww1 documentary ,korean war documentary ,auschwitz documentary ,slenderman documentary ,freemasons documentaryWhatS More ? SubscribeThe Battle of Kursk, which involved the largest tank battle of the Second World War, was fought on the steppe of Kursk oblast between July 5 and August 23, 1943. It was initiated by the Germans who, in retreat after their spectacular defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad, concentrated 50 divisions, two tank brigades, three tank battalions, and eight artillery assault divisions comprising 2,700 Tiger and Panther tanks, some two thousand aircraft, and 900,000 men in all. The Soviet forces, consisting of General K. K. Rokossovskiis Army of the Center, General N. F. Vatutins Voronezh Army, and the reserve army of the Steppe Front under General I. S. Konev, numbered 1.3 million troops, 3,600 tanks, and 2,800 aircraft. The German offensive, code named Citadel, involved two simultaneous thrusts against the Soviet-held northern and southern salients. Both were successfully repulsed, and by July 12, the Soviet forces had gone over to the offensive. On August 4, the city of Orel was liberated and by the 18th the German army took up defensive positions east of Bryansk. It had lost 30 of its 50 divisions and up to 500,000 men killed, wounded or missing in a

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