The statistics relating to the Battle of Kursk—the great showdown between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in July 1943—still have the power to astonish, even 70 years later. Almost 3 million ...

The Battle of Kursk was a pivotal point of the Eastern Front of World War II. Here is how the largest tank engagement that history has ever seen played out.

Seventy five years ago today, on August 23, 1943, the Battle of Kursk, one of the key ones in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 against Nazi Germany drew to an triumphant end ...

Winning the biggest tank battle in history - against Nazi Germany at Kursk in 1943 - remains a great source of pride for Russians. So it is not surprising that Russian officials have lashed out at ...

Residents and guests of Paris can learn the details of one of the most massive and bloody battles of WWII - the Battle of Kursk. The ''Sunset of the Citadel'' exhibition, timed to coincide with the ...

Kursk was one of the last bastions in the face of the Tatar advance, achieving a partial victory at the Battle of Kalka in 1223, only to be overwhelmed by the armies of Khan Batyj in 1239, just ...