5 July 1943 · Eurasia · Asia · Europe
Battle of Kursk
In July 1943, around the Kursk salient, the German army launched its last great summer offensive in the east against prepared Soviet defences. The tank fighting at Prokhorovka is the episode most often named from the battle.
Commanders
- Georgy Zhukov · General
- Date
- 5 July 1943
- Place
- Kursk · Russia
- Region
- Eurasia · Asia · Europe