Operation Details

Belgorod-Kursk Defensive Operation

The 'Belgorod-Kursk Defensive Operation' was the half of the Soviet 'Kursk Strategic Defensive Operation' to hold the 'Zitadelle' offensive of the German 4th Panzerarmee on the southern face of the Kursk salient (5/17 July 1943).

Basic Overview

Start date: 5 July 1943
End date: 17 July 1943
Scope: Medium
Nature: Land, Land/air battle
Status: Implemented

Theater

  • Eastern Front

Nations Involved

Protagonists
  • USSR
Antagonists
  • Germany

Leadership

Protagonists
  • Rotmistrov, Pavel A.
  • Vatutin, Nikolai F.
Antagonists
  • Breith, Hermann
  • Hausser, Paul
  • Kempf, Werner
  • Raus, Erhard
  • von Manstein, Erich

Formation

Protagonists
  • Soviet 40th Army Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army Soviet Voronezh Front
Antagonists
  • German 4th Panzerarmee German Armeeabteilung Kempf German Heeresgruppe ‘Süd’ German III SS Panzerkorps

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