![]() ![]() It was a radical change in the course of the. More than 2.5 million people from both sides joined the battle, with more than 6 thousand tanks and self-propelled guns used in the struggle. ![]() It lasted 50 days and nights, from July 5 to August 23, 1943. While the Red Army lost heavily, with around 400 tanks destroyed and 5500 killed, they managed to stop the Wehrmacht from breaking through the defenses, forcing Hitler to cancel the Operation, and redeploy them in Sicily, where the Allied landings started. The Battle of Kursk took a special place in World War II. The 5th guards Tank Army clashed with the 4th Panzer, in one of the largest ever tank battles, involving 900 tanks on both sides. ![]() The Red Army launched two counter offensives-Operation Kutuzov on the North, and at Prokhorova in the South. The Wehrmacht launched it's offensive on July 5, however while it was bogged down in the North, the 4th Panzers attacked down South. Īlso the Soviets deployed a large counter reserve force known as the Stavka Reserve, to launch counter offensive against the Germans. It was also helped by the Germans delaying the offensive. The Soviet's getting information before hand, prepared a series of defensive belts. Operation Citadel was the Wehrmacht's strategy to envelop and destroy the Red Army in the Kursk salient. ![]()
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