The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory.

Oct 29, 2009 · At the center of the salient lay the Russian city of Kursk. The salient became known as the Kursk Bulge and was a strategic location for Germany. Hitler needed to prove to his allies, the...

Jan 17, 2025 · Battle of Kursk, (July 5–August 23, 1943), unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk, in western Russia, during World War II. 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

To this time, the Germans had no more than dented the Kursk salient by some 10 miles along a front of about 12 miles in the north, and by some 30 miles along a 30-mile front in the south. Approximately a hundred miles still separated the two German forces …

Jan 31, 2024 · Gathering all the forces they could muster, with thousands of tanks and almost one million men, the Germans struck the Soviet line along the Kursk salient. Meeting them in combat was a determined and well-organized force that outnumbered them two to one.

May 31, 2023 · The Germans’ plan was to launch a surprise attack against the Kursk salient, which was a bulge in the front line that protruded deeply into German-held territory. The goal was to encircle and destroy the Soviet forces in the salient, then push on to Moscow and end the war on the Eastern Front.

Aug 19, 2024 · Soviet advances after the battle of Stalingrad and subsequent German counter-attacks had left a huge salient, or bulge, sticking out into the German-held territory around Kursk in Ukraine.

Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was the German offensive operation in July 1943 against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient, proposed by Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein during the Second World War on the Eastern Front that initiated the Battle of Kursk.

Oct 24, 2024 · Few World War 2 battles stand out as prominently as the Battle of Kursk. Fought between July 5 and August 23, 1943, this monumental clash on the Eastern Front marked a decisive turning point in the conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

As the dust settled it was clear a salient (an outward projection in a battle line.), some 160 miles from north to south and 100 miles from east to west, had been created protruding into German territory. At the centre of the salient was the city of Kursk.