Battle of Kursk

When

5 Jul 1943 – 23 Aug 1943

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.70° N, 36.10° E

Description

World War II battle that took place in 1943

War

World War II

1943 tank battle in the Soviet Union and the largest tank battle in history

The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk is the single largest battle in the history of warfare.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: The Battle of Kursk ends, with a strategic defeat for the German forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “offensive allemande sur la ligne Orel-Koursk-Belgorod”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Нацистские войска прекратили наступление на Курской дуге”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) comienza la batalla de Kursk en la Unión Soviética, la mayor batalla de tanques de la historia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “曼施坦因元帥執行堡壘計劃，对苏軍反攻，世界上规模最大的坦克战库尔斯克会战开始，亦為德軍对苏軍的最後一次大規模的進攻。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次世界大戦: ドイツ軍（枢軸国軍）とソ連軍の間でクルスクの戦い始まる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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