The secret of the Red Army’s success was that being aware of the advantages of the German heavy tanks, Soviet tank crew “at a maximum speed crashed into the enemy’s armor formations and deprived the enemy of the advantages of heavy tanks in close-in battles”. Rotmistrov noted that in the summer 1943 the Soviet command used new tank tactics. “Although the Battle of Kursk did not last long the fights unprecedented in terms of fierceness took place during that period,” I. Bagramyan, Chief Marshal of Armored Troops P.
Other authors of the book are: Marshal of the Soviet Union I. That is why the preparations were so thorough and took a long time”. The command on both sides were well aware that the outcome of the battle would have a decisive influence on the results of the summer-autumn campaign of 1943 and also on the outcome of the Great Patriotic War and World War II. The battle involved over 4 million men, about 70,000 guns and mortars, more than 13,000 tanks and self-propelled guns, and about 12,000 combat planes. Over time he recalled the events: “Over a period of 50 days, fights that were unprecedented as regards their fierceness and persistence took place on a relatively small land area of the Soviet-German front. Petersburg and in hundreds of centers of remote access to the Presidential Library’s resources, located in all regions of Russia and in many foreign countries.
Moskalenko is available in the Electronic Reading Room at Senate Square, 3 in St. The book The Battle at the Kursk Salient edited by Marshall of the Soviet Union K. It includes official documents, photographs and newsreels, wartime newspapers, books, and first-hand accounts of participants. Some of the materials of the electronic collection Memory of the Great Victory on the Presidential Library’s portal are devoted to it. One of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Great Patriotic War and World War II - the battle at the Kursk salient (also known as the Kursk bulge), or the Battle of Kursk, came to an end 76 years ago, on August 23, 1943.
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