Operation Citadel
Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was a German offensive operation against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient during the Second World War on the Eastern Front that initiated the Battle of Kursk. The deliberate defensive operation that the Soviets implemented to repel the German offensive is referred to as the Kursk Strategic Defensive Operation. The German offensive was countered by two Soviet counter-offensives, Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev (Russian: Полководец Румянцев) and Operation Kutuzov (Russian: Кутузов). For the Germans, the battle was the final strategic offensive that they were able to launch on the Eastern Front. As the Allied invasion of Sicily began, Adolf Hitler was forced to divert troops training in France to meet the Allied threats in the Mediterranean
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Operation Citadel
Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle) was a German offensive operation against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient during the Second World War on the Eastern Front that initiated the Battle of Kursk. The deliberate defensive operation that the Soviets implemented to repel the German offensive is referred to as the Kursk Strategic Defensive Operation. The German offensive was countered by two Soviet counter-offensives, Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev (Russian: Полководец Румянцев) and Operation Kutuzov (Russian: Кутузов). For the Germans, the battle was the final strategic offensive that they were able to launch on the Eastern Front. As the Allied invasion of Sicily began, Adolf Hitler was forced to divert troops training in France to meet the Allied threats in the Mediterranean
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Operation Citadel (German: Unt ...... strategic counter-offensives.
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** 159 aircraft
** 323 tanks and assault guns destroyed,
** 45,444 killed or missing and 119,843 wounded (per German military medical data)
** 54,182 men
** 681 aircraft (for 5–31 July)
** Between 600 – 1,612 tanks and assault guns damaged
** Estimate 760 tanks and assault guns destroyed
** c. 500 guns
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1943-07-05
1943-07-12
1943-07-17
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*Axisloses ability to initiatestrategicoffensive operations
Soviet victory
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** 1,910,361 men
** 2,928 tanks
** 25,013 guns and mortars
** 5,128 tanks
** 780,900 men
** 9,966 guns and mortars
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German half-track towing a gun during the operation
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*Operation Citadel:
** 177,847 ...... 70 killed, missing or captured
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Germany
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Erich von Manstein
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Georgy Zhukov
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Günther von Kluge
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Hermann Hoth
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Ivan Konev
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K.K. Rokossovsky
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Nikolai Vatutin
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Pavel Rotmistrov
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Walter Model
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Operation Citadel
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1943-07-05
1943-07-12
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Battle of Kursk on the Eastern Front of World War II
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Soviet victory
* Axis loses ability to initiate strategic offensive operations
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*Operation Citadel:
** 1,910,361 men
** 5,128 tanks
** 25,013 guns and mortars
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*Operation Citadel:
** 780,900 men
** 2,928 tanks
** 9,966 guns and mortars
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Soviets prevent a German breakthrough and inflict high attrition on German forces
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