German summer offensive of 1943

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The German summer offensive of 1943 was a major Wehrmacht campaign on the Eastern Front, centered on the Battle of Kursk and intended to regain the strategic initiative from the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht campaign
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Operation Citadel
Unternehmen Zitadelle
approvedBy Adolf Hitler
belligerent Nazi Germany
characterizedBy extensive Soviet defensive preparations
heavy German casualties
heavy Soviet casualties
large-scale tank battles
commander Erich von Manstein
Günther von Kluge
Hermann Hoth
Walter Model
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Germany
Soviet Union
endDate 1943-07-17
followedBy Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation
Soviet Smolensk operation of 1943
hasPart German offensive in the northern sector of the Kursk salient
German offensive in the southern sector of the Kursk salient
location Central sector of the Eastern Front
Kursk salient
linked to: Battle of Kursk
notableEngagement Battle of Prokhorovka
linked to: Battle of Kursk
notableWeapon Panther tank
Tiger I tank
objective eliminate the Kursk salient
regain strategic initiative on the Eastern Front
opposedBy Soviet Union
opposingCommander Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Georgy Zhukov
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Nikolai Vatutin
partOf Battle of Kursk
Eastern Front of World War II
plannedBy German High Command
precededBy German defeat at Stalingrad
German defeat in the Battle of the Caucasus
result German operational failure
Soviet victory
startDate 1943-07-05
strategicConsequence permanent loss of German strategic initiative in the East
strategicSignificance last major German strategic offensive on the Eastern Front
theater Eastern Front of World War II
usedForceType Luftwaffe air support
armored units
infantry divisions

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German Army Detachment Kempf participatedIn German summer offensive of 1943
Belgorod sector campaignContext German 1943 summer offensive on the Eastern Front
linked to: German summer offensive of 1943