Battle of Kursk (1943): Citadel ordered
[50] [kursk-1-50] Battle of Kursk is the record of 1943 under “Citadel ordered.” The figure to read with it is 04. Do not arrange states in a league. Fix who moved what, and where, to that year. Do not add a later war into the same total. Hitler delayed for more new armour (Panther, Elefant). Zhukov and Vasilevsky used the time. A late offensive against a ready defence is the political-military fa
Kursk ended German hopes of a 1943 summer decision in the east. English memory is thinner than Stalingrad or Normandy; wargamers and tank books over-weight Prokhorovka. For this atlas it is the high-intensity sequel to the Volga pocket -- and a reminder that "largest tank battle" is a caption to handle with ranges.
A prepared bulge and a last German throw Citadel was an offensive the defender had been allowed to watch being prepared -- and the counterstrokes were the larger war. Allied landings in Sicily (10 July) pulled Hitler's attention and some formations -- a second-front shadow on an eastern map.
The northern face stalled earlier. The southern face got farther and made Prokhorovka a name. Neither pinch closed. Soviet deep reserves (Steppe Front) were the depth Citadel could not eat. Operations Kutuzov and Rumyantsev took Orel and Kharkov. The campaign's meaning is this sequel, not only the defensive week.
Say Battle of Kursk with 1943, “Citadel ordered,” and 04. The figure is not a national score.1943
Figures to keep
- Year of the action
- 1943
- Figure in the record
- 04
- Action
- Battle of Kursk
- Line of the front
- Citadel ordered
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