Operation Citadel

Quand

juil. 1943

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

51.74° N, 36.19° E

Description

1943 German offensive military operation against Soviet Union in the battle of Kursk

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German operation to capture Kursk from the USSR during WWII

Operation Citadel was the German offensive operation in July 1943 against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient, proposed by Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein during the Second World War on the Eastern Front that initiated the Battle of Kursk. The deliberate defensive operation that the Soviets implemented to repel the German offensive is referred to as the Kursk Strategic Defensive Operation.

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