Battle of Kursk (1943)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aircraftLosses Germany: ~1,000
Soviet Union: ~1,900
gptkbp:casualties Germany: ~200,000
Soviet Union: ~250,000
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Aleksandr_Vasilevsky
gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov
gptkb:Günther_von_Kluge
gptkb:Nikolai_Vatutin
gptkb:Konstantin_Rokossovsky
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:endDate 1943-08-23
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Dnieper
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Kursk (1943)
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:German_Army_Group_Center
gptkb:Soviet_Central_Front
gptkb:Soviet_Voronezh_Front
gptkb:Soviet_Steppe_Front
gptkb:German_Army_Group_South
Soviet Bryansk Front
gptkbp:location gptkb:Belgorod_Oblast
gptkb:Kursk_Oblast
gptkb:Oryol_Oblast
gptkbp:mapType Battle of Kursk map
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Prokhorovka
gptkb:Operation_Citadel
gptkb:Operation_Kutuzov
gptkb:Operation_Polkovodets_Rumyantsev
gptkbp:notableFor largest tank battle in history
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Citadel
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance turning point on Eastern Front
end of German strategic offensive in the East
gptkbp:startDate 1943-07-05
July–August 1943
gptkbp:tankLosses Germany: ~1,600
Soviet Union: ~6,000
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Junkers_Ju_87
gptkb:Ferdinand_tank_destroyer
gptkb:Panther_tank
gptkb:T-34_tank
gptkb:Tiger_I_tank
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkb:SU-152
gptkb:IL-2_Sturmovik
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kursk,_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6