General Joachim Lemelsen’s XLVII Panzer Corps planned to drive toward Kursk and meet up with Field Marshal Erich von Manstein’s Army Group South, Generaloberst Hermann Hoth’s Fourth Panzer Army and the Kempf Army, commanded by General Werner Kempf. Field Marshal Günther von Kluge’s Army Group Centre would attack from the north flank of the bulge, with Generaloberst Walther Model’s Ninth Army leading the effort, General Hans Zorn’s XLVI Panzer Corps on the right flank and Major General Josef Harpe’s XLI Panzer Corps on the left. The Germans’ goal during Citadel was to pinch off a large salient in the Eastern Front that extended 70 miles toward the west. In an attempt to recover the offensive on the Eastern Front, the Germans planned a surprise attack on the salient from both north and south, hoping to surround and destroy the Soviet forces within the bulge. The salient was a bulge in the Soviet lines that stretched 150 miles (240 km) from north to south and protruded 100 miles (160 km) westward into the German lines. Be in the top 10 players on your team by base experience earned (bonuses for the first victory, premium account, etc., will not be counted to determine the rankings).Battle of Kursk , from July 5 till August 23, 1943, unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk in western Russia during World War II.Let us commemorate the day this horrendous tank battle came to its end, and from Friday 21 August at 07:10 until Monday 24 August at 07:00 CEST (UTC +2) enjoy the following:
The Battle of Kursk was one of the turning points in the war and history knows that it was massive, both in scale and in cost, taking a heavy toll on both sides.
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