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.

German Army Detachment Kempf → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

5th Guards Army → notableFor → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka

53rd Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Orel offensive operation → partOf → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kursk campaign

Orel offensive operation → relatedTo → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Germany in World War II → militaryCampaign → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Oryol Oblast → knownFor → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kursk area operations

Sepp Dietrich → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

69th Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

1st Tank Army → engagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka

Filipp Golikov → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Steppe Tank Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Georgy Zakharov → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Donbass offensive (1943) → followed → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Panther → firstCombatUse → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Panther → usedInBattle → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

3rd Guards Tank Army → engagedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Prokhorovka

13th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → hasSignificantEvent → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Belgorod → historicallySignificantFor → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kursk operations

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → notableWork → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Kursk → knownFor → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Orel sector → associatedWith → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Soviet 13th Army → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

SS heavy panzer battalions → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

German Army on the Eastern Front → notableOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

6th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf → engagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

70th Army (Soviet Union) → participatedIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) → precededBy → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Suvorov

Defense of the Eastern Front → notableEngagement → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

Belgorod region → historicalEvent → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

subject surface form: Belgorod Oblast

Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army → tookPartIn → Battle of Kursk ⓘ

subject surface form: 2nd Guards Tank Army

Soviet 16th Air Army → notableOperation → Battle of Kursk ⓘ