Battle of Kursk (German offensive phase)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Citadel
gptkbp:casualties	Heavy on both sides
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Zitadelle
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov gptkb:Günther_von_Kluge gptkb:Nikolai_Vatutin gptkb:Konstantin_Rokossovsky
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:endDate	16 July 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	Soviet counteroffensives (Operation Kutuzov, Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev)
gptkbp:GermanForces	gptkb:Army_Group_Center gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:goal	Encircle and destroy Soviet forces in the Kursk salient
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Kursk (German offensive phase)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Kursk_salient,_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Prokhorovka
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:II_SS_Panzer_Corps gptkb:5th_Guards_Tank_Army
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Third_Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkbp:result	Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance	Largest tank battle in history Turning point on the Eastern Front
gptkbp:SovietForces	gptkb:Steppe_Front gptkb:Voronezh_Front gptkb:Central_Front
gptkbp:startDate	5 July 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Citadel
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6