Battle of Kursk

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. It ranks only behind the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier as the most often-cited turning point in the European theatre of the war. It was one of the costliest battles of the Second World War, the single deadliest armoured battle in history, the largest tank battle in history, and the opening day of the battle, 5 July, was the single costliest day in the history of aerial warfare in terms of aircraft shot down. The battle was further marked by fierce house-to-house fighting and hand-to-hand combat.

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Operation Citadel
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1943 Battle of Kursk

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1612-01-01T00:00:00Z

1612 Siege of Kursk

1943-06-02T00:00:00Z

1943-06-03T00:00:00Z

1943 Operation Carmen

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Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-219-0553A-31, Russland, bei Pokrowka, russische Kriegsgefangene

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2950-22A, Russland, Panzer im Gelände

Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - German soldier's grave, Private Heinz Kühl, died July 21, 1943

Motorized troops on the advance, showing the caterpillar truck transporter, in preparation for Operation Citadel (21 June 1943)

Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - "Operation Citadel". German soldiers filling canteens from a water can

Soviet T-34 knocked out during the Battle of Kursk, near Prokhorovka

Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - German soldiers, with a supply truck, waiting to distribute crated tank shells

Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - German soldier preparing sandwiches on the turret top of a German tank (Panzer VI (Tiger I))

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2949-26, Russland, Panzerspuren

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2950-07A, Russland, Panzersoldat

• Bitva u Kurska: vzdušná válka - book edition published in 2018, Czech, online
• Rozhodující úder: bitva u Kurska - book edition published in 1947, Czech, online
• Panzerkampf - song by Sabaton, English, 2008
• Operace Citadela: Kursk a Orel: největší tanková bitva 2. světové války - book edition published in 1997, Czech

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1612	Siege of Kursk	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, siege, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Operation Carmen	military operation, airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of Kursk	battle	Wikidata
site	fort	1095	Kursk Kremlin	fortress, kremlin	Wikidata
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-219-0553A-31, Russland, bei Pokrowka, russische Kriegsgefangene		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2950-22A, Russland, Panzer im Gelände		Commons
commons	image		Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - German soldier's grave, Private Heinz Kühl, died July 21, 1943		Commons
commons	image		Motorized troops on the advance, showing the caterpillar truck transporter, in preparation for Operation Citadel (21 June 1943)		Commons
commons	image		Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - "Operation Citadel". German soldiers filling canteens from a water can		Commons
commons	image		Soviet T-34 knocked out during the Battle of Kursk, near Prokhorovka		Commons
commons	image		Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - German soldiers, with a supply truck, waiting to distribute crated tank shells		Commons
commons	image		Eastern Front, Russia, Kursk - German soldier preparing sandwiches on the turret top of a German tank (Panzer VI (Tiger I))		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2949-26, Russland, Panzerspuren		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2950-07A, Russland, Panzersoldat		Commons