In the summer of 1943, the Soviet city of Kursk became the most important target in the war. The Germans were desperate to recapture it to stabilize their front, while the Russians went to ...

The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army ...

For the first time since World War II, large-scale ground combat erupts deep inside Russia. Ukrainian forces surge across the border into Kursk Oblast, capturing settlements, cutting communications, ...