Battle of Kursk

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Eastern Front battle World War II battle battle

The Battle of Kursk was a major 1943 Eastern Front clash between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, renowned as the largest tank battle in history and a decisive turning point in World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Kursk canonical 120
Battle of Prokhorovka 8
Kursk salient 4

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Front battle ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Citadel ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
campaign Operation Citadel ⓘ
Soviet counteroffensives after Citadel ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands total casualties ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dateEnd 1943-08-23 ⓘ
dateStart 1943-07-05 ⓘ
equipmentUsed aircraft ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
self-propelled guns ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
frontWidth approximately 250 kilometers ⓘ
GermanCodename Unternehmen Zitadelle ⓘ
GermanCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Günther von Kluge ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
involvedUnit Army Group Centre ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group Center

Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet Central Front ⓘ
Soviet Steppe Front ⓘ
Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
location Battle of Kursk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kursk salient

near Kursk, Soviet Union ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Kursk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka
notableFor decisive turning point on the Eastern Front ⓘ
largest tank battle in history ⓘ
major German offensive failure ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
SovietCommander Aleksandr Vasilevsky ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ
SovietOperation Operation Kutuzov ⓘ
Operation Rumyantsev ⓘ
strategicSignificance ended major German offensive capability on Eastern Front ⓘ
shifted strategic initiative to the Soviet Union ⓘ
typeOfWarfare armored warfare ⓘ
combined arms battle ⓘ
defensive battle ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → notableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Eastern Front → conflict → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Eastern Front → turningPoint → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Stalingrad → followedBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
ETO → includesEvent → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
subject surface form: European Theater of Operations
Wehrmacht → conflict → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Red Army → notableFor → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Operation Bagration → precededBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Kursk → location → Battle of Kursk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kursk salient
Battle of Kursk → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka
German 4th Panzer Army → operation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Heer → activeInConflict → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Operation Citadel → partOf → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Operation Citadel → location → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kursk salient
Operation Citadel → codenameOf → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: German offensive at Kursk
Operation Citadel → relatedEvent → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prokhorovka tank battle
Soviet Air Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet-German Front → majorOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
7th Panzer Division → tookPartIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet armed forces → notableEvent → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → conflict → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet 60th Army → operationParticipatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet 60th Army → notableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
RKKA → notableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
1st Ukrainian Front → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov → notableWork → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Walter Model → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky → notableWork → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Waffen-SS → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Army Group B → notableOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Army Group B → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet Central Front → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Unternehmen Zitadelle → location → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kursk salient
Unternehmen Zitadelle → leadsTo → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Unternehmen Zitadelle → involves → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka
Soviet Voronezh Front → engagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
subject surface form: Voronezh Front
Soviet Voronezh Front → engagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
subject surface form: Voronezh Front
this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka
Ivan Konev → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Operation Kutuzov → partOf → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kursk campaign
Battle of the Dnieper → precededBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → precededBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Soviet Steppe Front → operation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Army Group South → operation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kursk (southern sector)
Operation Rumyantsev → after → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Operation Rumyantsev → precededBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka