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Previous: Ponyri Concurrent: Pre-Invasion of Sicily Next: Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation Battle of Kursk Russian soldiers, in trenches, fighting off the Germans. Conflict: World War II Date: 4 July - 23 August 1943 Place: Kursk, Ukraine, Soviet Union Outcome: Soviet victory Combatants USSR Nazi Germany Commanders Marshal Georgy Zhukov Sgt. Antonov Sgt. Frolov Field Marshal Erich von Manstein Strength 1,910,361 men 5,128 tanks 25,013 guns and mortars 2,792 aircraft 780,900 men 2,928 tanks 9,966 guns and mortars 2,110 aircraft Casualties 863,303 casualties 6,064 tanks and assault guns 1,626 aircraft 5,244 guns 203,000 casualties 720 tanks and assault guns 681 aircraft

The Battle of Kursk was a large armored engagement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on the eastern front near the town of Kursk during World War II. The battle is considered to be the largest armored engagement in history and was Germany's last offensive on the Eastern Front.

Call of Duty: United OffensiveEdit

The player plays as Yuri Petrenko, who fights through Kursk with the 67th Guards Rifle Division against Waffen-SS Panzers and Panzer-Grenadiers. Yuri has to defend the line against German SS Panzer-Grenadiers and is successful in doing so. He then destroys German Elefant Tanks firing onto the trenches; all are destroyed and most of the Panzer-Grenadiers are killed. The surviving soldiers retreat. They then move to capture a small Russian village that is being held by Waffen-SS soldiers. The town is initially cleared of German resistance but is then attacked again by several German Panzers and Panzer-Grenadiers. The Panzers are destroyed, most of the German troops killed, and the rest retreat. The Russians sucessfully capture the Russian village, then head onwards to capture Ponyri.

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Russian soldier's defend the village against Panzer's and SS Panzer-Grenadier's

Yuri prepares to shoot a Wehrmacht soldier with a Flammenwerfer-35 at Kursk

The small Russian Village that was held by Waffen-SS Panzer-Grenadier's.

Waffen-SS Panzer-Grenadier's firing at Soviet troops in a village at Kursk

Red Army troop's open-fire at Waffen-SS Panzer-Grenadier's at Kursk

Russian soldier fire's his Machine-Gun at Waffen-SS Troop's in a village during the Battle of Kursk

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