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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Kursk canonical	120
Battle of Prokhorovka	8
Kursk salient	4
Battle of Kursk campaign	2
Battle of Kursk (southern sector)	1
Battle of Kursk area operations	1
Battle of Kursk operations	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	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 ⓘ

Referenced by (139)

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

Panther tank → enteredCombatIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Nikolai Vatutin → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Soviet Red Army advance from the east → keyBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Panzer division → majorCampaign → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

9th Army (Wehrmacht) → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

German 1st Panzer Army → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Erhard Raus → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Central Front → locationOfOperations → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kursk salient

Central Front → belligerentIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

II SS Panzer Corps → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

XLVIII Panzer Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

I SS Panzer Corps → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Rodion Malinovsky → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Michael Wittmann → notableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Josef Harpe → participantIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Third Battle of Kharkov → followedBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Walther Model → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

VIII Army Corps → theaterOfOperations → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler → involvedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Das Reich Division → involvedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Kursk strategic offensive operation → follows → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

2nd Army → operation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

2nd Army → notableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Kiev offensive (1943) → precededBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Totenkopf Division → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Soviet summer offensives of 1943 → follows → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Eastern Front air operations → notableBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

2nd Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Alexander Novikov → participantIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

11th Guards Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

2nd Guards Tank Corps → tookPartIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

2nd Army (Wehrmacht) → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Hasso von Manteuffel → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

3rd Panzergrenadier Division → engagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

4th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Commander of the Voronezh Front → associatedWith → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Ferdinand tank destroyer → primaryTheater → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Ferdinand tank destroyer → battle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

6th Guards Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Orel salient → relatedToBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Orel salient → offensiveFollowed → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski → participantIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

subject surface form: Erich von Manstein

European theater → hasPart → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Soviet field armies → conflict → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

5th Guards Tank Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka