WWII’s Greatest Battle: How Kursk Changed the War

Kursk

Perhaps the most important battle of World War II was a giant clash of tanks between Germans and Russians. By Andrew Roberts.

Published Aug. 31 2013 10:59AM EDT

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The statistics relating to the Battle of Kursk—the great showdown between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in July 1943—still have the power to astonish, even 70 years later.

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WWII’s Greatest Battle: How Kursk Changed the War

Perhaps the most important battle of World War II was a giant clash of tanks between Germans and Russians. By Andrew Roberts.

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Andrew Roberts