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.

Aliases (6)

Battle of Prokhorovka ×4
Kursk salient ×4
Battle of Kursk (southern sector) ×1
Battle of Kursk campaign ×1
German offensive at Kursk ×1
Prokhorovka tank battle ×1

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	German Army Group Center → German Army Group South → Soviet Central Front → Soviet Steppe Front → Soviet Voronezh Front →
location	Kursk salient → near Kursk, Soviet Union →
notableEngagement	Battle of Prokhorovka →
notableFor	decisive turning point on the Eastern Front → largest tank battle in history → major German offensive failure →
partOf	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 →

Referenced by (70)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Ukrainian Front → Erhard Raus → Heeresgruppe Süd → I SS Panzer Corps → Ivan Konev → Nikolai Vatutin → Rodion Malinovsky → Waffen-SS → Walter Model → Walther Model →	participatedIn
Army Group B → Axis forces on the Eastern Front → German 1st Panzer Army → II SS Panzer Corps →	engagedIn
European theatre of World War II → Michael Wittmann → RKKA → Soviet 60th Army →	notableBattle
9th Army (Wehrmacht) → Battle of Kursk ("Battle of Prokhorovka") → Soviet Central Front → XLVIII Panzer Corps →	notableEngagement
Battle of the Dnieper → Operation Bagration → Operation Rumyantsev → Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation →	precededBy
Eastern Front (World War II) → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → Wehrmacht →	conflict
Battle of Kursk ("Kursk salient") → Operation Citadel ("Kursk salient") → Unternehmen Zitadelle ("Kursk salient") →	location
40th Army (Red Army) → Army Group B → Soviet Air Forces →	notableOperation
Army Group South ("Battle of Kursk (southern sector)") → German 4th Panzer Army → Soviet Steppe Front →	operation
Voronezh Front → Voronezh Front ("Battle of Prokhorovka") →	engagement
Battle of Stalingrad → Third Battle of Kharkov →	followedBy
World War II battles → World War II battles ("Battle of Prokhorovka") →	hasNotableBattle
Georgy Zhukov → Konstantin Rokossovsky →	notableWork
Operation Citadel → Operation Kutuzov ("Battle of Kursk campaign") →	partOf
Heer →	activeInConflict
Operation Rumyantsev →	after
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) →	associatedWithEvent
Central Front →	belligerentIn
Operation Citadel ("German offensive at Kursk") →	codenameOf
Panther tank →	enteredCombatIn
World War II →	hasPart
European Theater of Operations →	includesEvent
Unternehmen Zitadelle ("Battle of Prokhorovka") →	involves
Soviet Red Army advance from the east →	keyBattle
Unternehmen Zitadelle →	leadsTo
Central Front ("Kursk salient") →	locationOfOperations
Panzer division →	majorCampaign
Soviet-German Front →	majorOperation
Soviet armed forces →	notableEvent
Red Army →	notableFor
Soviet 60th Army →	operationParticipatedIn
Josef Harpe →	participantIn
Operation Citadel ("Prokhorovka tank battle") →	relatedEvent
VIII Army Corps →	theaterOfOperations
7th Panzer Division →	tookPartIn
Eastern Front (World War II) →	turningPoint