The Battle of Kursk: a Geopolitical Victory

... Nazi Operation Citadel. The operation engaged troops from the Central and Voronezh Fronts, as of July 1, 1943 numbering 1,337,165 servicemen, 21,686 artillery pieces and mortars (less 50-mm mortars), 518 rocket artillery units (BM-8 and BM-13), 3,489 tanks and self-propelled artillery vehicles, and 1,915 aircraft. Repelling the offensive, the Soviet forces set the ground for a counterattack. The unprecedented in scale 50-day-long Battle of Kursk – from July 5 to August 23, 1943 – was the pivot point of the Second World War. The fighting was unparalleled in its violence, persistence and concentration of forces, primarily armor and aircraft, within a limited time and ...