Note that this page also includes units operating during the Battle of Prohorovka about 87 kilometers south of Kursk. The German codename for this battle was Operation Citadel and along with this battle being one of the biggest tank battles, the Battle of Kursk was also very costly to aerial forces as well. The battle began on Jand it ended on August 23, 1943. Soviet forces thwarted a huge Nazi counter-attack, after Adolf Hitlers troops had suffered. The only positive point for them was that the Red Army lost a lot of tanks, but that in turn. The two main forces were the Soviet Union and Germany. The wider Battle of Kursk - from 5 July to 23 August 1943 - was indeed a turning-point in World War Two. No, Operation Citadel was a complete failure for the Germans. The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle to take place in World War II. Tanks of the Großdeutschland division at Kursk, 1943
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