Battle of Kursk facts for kids

The Battle of Kursk was a World War II battle. It happened on 5 July to 23 August 1943 in Kursk, Russia.

Images for kids

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  Manstein during a meeting with Hermann Hoth, commander of the 4th Panzer Army, June 21, 1943

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  Guderian being transported to the Eastern Front, 1943

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  A Raupenschlepper Ost, designed in response to the poor roads of Russia, moves materiel up shortly before the Kursk offensive.

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  Zhukov with Ivan Konev, commander of the Steppe Front, during the Battle of Kursk

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  A Soviet machine gun crew during the Battle of Kursk.

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  VVS Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft during the battle of Kursk.

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  Troops of Division Das Reich, Tiger I tank, in June 1943 before the battle

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  German Panzer IV and Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack

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  German penetration during the Battle of Kursk

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  German motorised troops prepare to move out.

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  Soviet troops of the Voronezh Front counterattacking behind T-34 tanks at Prokhorovka, 12 July 1943

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  Wespe self-propelled artillery battery in position to provide fire support

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  German soldiers move along an anti-tank ditch, while combat engineers prepare charges to breach it.

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  Soviet PTRD anti-tank rifle team during the fighting

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  Luftwaffe Flakvierling unit

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  Thunderclouds over the battleground. Intermittent heavy rains created mud and marsh that made movement difficult.

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  Disposition of Soviet and German forces around Prokhorovka on the eve of the battle on 12 July.

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  Vehicles of II SS-Panzer Corps advancing toward Prokhorovka on 11 July

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  German soldiers pause during the fighting.

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  Soviet counteroffensive, 12 July – 23 August 1943.

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  Operation Kutuzov

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  Soviet soldiers in Orel pass by the Church of the Intercession, 5 August 1943.

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  Operation Rumyantsev

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  Prokhorovka Cathedral, in Prokhorovka on the former battlefield, commemorates the Red Army losses and victory.

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  A German soldier inspects a knocked out T-34 during the Battle of Kursk at Pokrovka, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Prokhorovka.

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  Memorial "Teplovsky's Hills" in Ponyri region in honour of the memory of the fallen on the northern face of the Battle of Kursk

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  Panzer IV tanks destroyed at Kursk