Operation Citadel

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World War II military operation military offensive

Operation Citadel was the German Wehrmacht’s major 1943 offensive on the Eastern Front, best known as the opening phase of the Battle of Kursk, one of the largest tank battles in history.

Aliases (1)

German offensive Operation Citadel ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military operation → military offensive →
airComponent	Luftwaffe operations over Kursk salient →
alsoKnownAs	Unternehmen Zitadelle →
belligerent	Nazi Germany →
codenameOf	German offensive at Kursk →
commandedBy	Field Marshal Erich von Manstein → Field Marshal Günther von Kluge →
conductedBy	German Army Group Centre → German Army Group South → Wehrmacht →
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II →
counteredBy	Soviet minefields and anti-tank defenses → deep Soviet defensive belts →
country	Germany →
endDate	1943-07-17 →
followedBy	Operation Kutuzov → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →
front	Eastern Front →
historicalAssessment	last major German strategic offensive in the East → turning point on the Eastern Front →
location	Kursk salient → near Kursk, Soviet Union →
notableFor	one of the largest tank battles in history → opening phase of the Battle of Kursk →
objective	eliminate the Kursk salient → regain strategic initiative on the Eastern Front →
opposedBy	Soviet Union →
opposedByUnit	Central Front (Red Army) → Steppe Front (Red Army) → Voronezh Front (Red Army) →
outcome	German offensive halted → loss of German strategic initiative in the East →
partOf	Battle of Kursk →
preparation	extensive German buildup of armored forces →
relatedEvent	Prokhorovka tank battle →
relatedTo	Case Blue → Operation Barbarossa →
result	Soviet defensive victory →
startDate	1943-07-05 →
strategicContext	after German defeat at Stalingrad → attempt to stabilize German front line →
supportedByUnit	4th Panzer Army → 9th Army (Wehrmacht) → II SS Panzer Corps → XLVIII Panzer Corps →
theater	Soviet Union →
year	1943 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Kursk → Unternehmen Zitadelle →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Kursk →	campaign
II SS Panzer Corps →	engagedIn
World War II →	hasPart
XLVIII Panzer Corps →	notableEngagement
Army Group B →	notableOperation
I SS Panzer Corps →	participatedIn
Operation Kutuzov ("German offensive Operation Citadel") →	precededBy
Operation Rumyantsev →	relatedOperation