Kursk strategic offensive operation

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The Kursk strategic offensive operation was a major World War II Soviet campaign in 1943 that followed the Battle of Kursk, aiming to push German forces westward and regain the strategic initiative on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aim to push German forces westward ⓘ
to regain the strategic initiative on the Eastern Front ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kursk strategic counteroffensive ⓘ
belligerent Red Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
commander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Ivan Konev ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
conductedBy Stavka ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime 1943-08-23 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper Offensive
follows Battle of Kursk ⓘ
front Bryansk Front ⓘ
Central Front ⓘ
Steppe Front ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Steppe Front

Voronezh Front ⓘ
hasPart Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation ⓘ
Operation Kutuzov ⓘ
Operation Rumyantsev ⓘ
Orel offensive operation ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked turning point in favor of the USSR on Eastern Front ⓘ
location Belgorod region ⓘ
Kharkov region ⓘ
linked to: Kharkiv Oblast

Kursk region ⓘ
linked to: Kursk Oblast

Orel region ⓘ
linked to: Oryol Oblast
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
opposingCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Günther von Kluge ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
planningAuthority Soviet General Staff ⓘ
linked to: Soviet High Command
precededBy German offensive Operation Citadel ⓘ
linked to: Operation Citadel
primaryObjective elimination of the Orel salient ⓘ
liberation of Belgorod ⓘ
liberation of Kharkov ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startTime 1943-07-12 ⓘ
strategicEffect decisive shift of initiative to the Soviet Union ⓘ
permanent loss of German offensive capacity on Eastern Front ⓘ
theatreOfWar Eastern Front ⓘ
typeOfAction deep offensive operation ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

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Soviet 60th Army → operationParticipatedIn → Kursk strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Soviet Steppe Front → operation → Kursk strategic defensive operation ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
Soviet Steppe Front → operation → Kursk strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Kursk strategic offensive operation → alsoKnownAs → Kursk strategic counteroffensive ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
5th Guards Army → participatedIn → Kursk strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Dnieper Offensive → precededBy → Kursk Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
13th Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Kursk offensive operations ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Kursk strategic offensive operations ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
Orel sector → relatedTo → Kursk salient ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
Soviet 13th Army → participatedIn → Kursk offensive operation ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
70th Army (Soviet Union) → participatedIn → Kursk offensive ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation
Smolensk offensive operation → follows → Kursk strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Soviet 5th Guards Army → participatedIn → Kursk strategic offensive operation ⓘ
Kursk defensive operations → location → Kursk salient ⓘ
linked to: Kursk strategic offensive operation