Orel offensive operation

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The Orel offensive operation, known as Operation Kutuzov, was a major Soviet counteroffensive in July–August 1943 that aimed to eliminate the German-held Orel salient following the Battle of Kursk during World War II.

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Orel offensive operation canonical 3
Orel offensive 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
military offensive
belligerent Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
campaign Soviet summer offensives of 1943
surface form: Soviet summer offensive of 1943
codenameOrigin named after Russian general Mikhail Kutuzov
commander Konstantin Rokossovsky
Maksim Purkayev NERFINISHED
Vasily Sokolovsky
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1943-08-18
followedBy Bryansk offensive
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
surface form: Smolensk offensive operation (1943)
front Red Army Bryansk Front
surface form: Bryansk Front

Soviet Central Front
surface form: Central Front (Soviet)

Western Front (Red Army)
surface form: Western Front (Soviet)
hasAlias Operation Kutuzov
Orel offensive operation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Orel offensive
location Orel salient
Oryol Oblast NERFINISHED
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
militaryBranch Red Army
namedAfter Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov
surface form: Mikhail Kutuzov
objective eliminate the German-held Orel salient
exploit German losses after the Battle of Kursk
opposingArmy 2nd Panzer Army
surface form: German 2nd Panzer Army

German 9th Army
opposingCommander Walter Model
opposingMilitaryBranch German Army
surface form: Wehrmacht Heer
partOf Battle of Kursk
surface form: Battle of Kursk campaign

World War II
precededBy German offensive Operation Citadel
relatedTo Battle of Kursk
result German withdrawal from Orel salient
Soviet victory
liberation of Orel by Soviet forces
scale front-level offensive
startDate 1943-07-12
strategicEffect reduced German salient south of Bryansk
weakened German Army Group Center
theater Central sector of the Eastern Front
timePeriod August 1943
July 1943
typeOfOperation Soviet counteroffensive
year 1943

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Operation Kutuzov alsoKnownAs Orel offensive operation
Kursk strategic offensive operation hasPart Orel offensive operation
Orel salient relatedTo Orel offensive operation
Orel offensive operation hasAlias Orel offensive operation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Orel offensive