The Battle of Kursk, the climax of Operation Citadel, involved up to 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft and 2 million fighting ...

The Panther tank was one of Nazi Germany’s most advanced armored vehicles in World War II. Introduced during Operation Citadel in 1943, it was designed to outclass Soviet tanks like the T-34. With a ...

Kursk's battle also saw the debut of the Panther tank, which was also known as the Panzer V. This was created as an affordable yet formidable foe to rival the Soviet T-34.

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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. Almost 3 million ...

Kursk was bloody: the German offensive alone cost 54,000 Germans and 178,000 Soviet casualties — yet there were no major encirclements or surrenders. Kursk was a battle of attrition rather than ...

Kursk was bloody: the German offensive alone cost 54,000 Germans and 178,000 Soviet casualties — yet there were no major encirclements or surrenders. Kursk was a battle of attrition rather than ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Kursk in the Russian city, on August 23, 2023.

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk in World War II at a memorial in the village of Ponyri, near Kursk, Russia, on ...