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Battle of Kursk

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1941–1943Date range

5Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1941

Herman Hoth28 June 1941

Kursk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sweeps forward to the north of Kursk

1942

Friedrich von Paulus28 June 1942

Kursk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sweeps forward to the south of Kursk

Hoth HermannJuly 1942

Kursk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands the 4th Panzer Army at the Battle of Kursk

1943

Otto Moritz Walter Model5 July 1943

Kursk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Leads the northern arm of the siege of Kursk

Otto Moritz Walter Model12 July 1943

Kursk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Final day of the abortive siege of Kursk as the Russians launch a counter-offensive

Guenther Hans von Kluge16 July 1943

Kursk · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Germans fail to hold Kursk

Names involved

Friedrich von PaulusGuenther Hans von KlugeHerman HothHoth HermannOtto Moritz Walter Model

Provenance

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