The Battle of Kursk (July 5–August 23, 1943) was a set of strategic defensive (July 5–23) and offensive (July 12–August 23) operations of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War with the aim of disrupting a major offensive of the Wehrmacht forces and defeating its strategic grouping. In terms of its scale, the forces and means involved, tension, results and military-political consequences, it is one of the key battles of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War. About 2 million people, 6 thousand tanks, 4 thousand aircraft took part in it; the battle paved "the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944-45." The battle lasted 50 days. Also, in historiography it is considered the largest tank battle in history.
The Battle of Kursk (July 5–August 23, 1943) was a set of strategic defensive (July 5–23) and offensive (July 12–August 23) operations of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War with the aim of disrupting a major offensive of the Wehrmacht forces and defeating its strategic grouping. In terms of its scale, the forces and means involved, tension, results and military-political consequences, it is one of the key battles of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War. About 2 million people, 6 thousand tanks, 4 thousand aircraft took part in it; the battle paved "the way for the great Soviet offensives of 1944-45." The battle lasted 50 days. Also, in historiography it is considered the largest tank battle in history.
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