How Kursk Destroyed Germany’s Offensive Power and Shifted the Course of the War

The Nazis came to Kursk for history’s greatest tank victory. They found history’s greatest defense

Operation Citadel was designed to destroy the Red Army – and ended by destroying Germany’s strategic initiative By 1943, World War II had turned decisively in the Allies’ favor. At Stalingrad, the Russians destroyed the Wehrmacht’s largest field formation, the Sixth Army. In the Pacific, the Americans and their allies won a hard-fought victory over...

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Operation Citadel was designed to destroy the Red Army – and ended by destroying Germany’s strategic initiative By 1943, World War II had turned decisively in the Allies’ favor. At Stalingrad, the Russians destroyed the Wehrmacht’s largest field formation, the Sixth Army. In the Pacific, the Americans and their allies won a hard-fought victory over […] The post The Nazis came to Kursk for history’s greatest tank victory. They found history’s gre…

How Kursk Destroyed Germany’s Offensive Power and Shifted the Course of the War

Russia is marking the anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, a landmark confrontation of World War II that concluded on August 23, 1943, with a decisive Soviet victory. Widely regarded as one of the largest military engagements ever fought, the battle is remembered as a turning point that shifted the momentum of the war on the Eastern Front and contributed significantly to the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. The victory is commemorated annually as…