Unternehmen Zitadelle

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Unternehmen Zitadelle was the German codename for the major 1943 offensive on the Eastern Front that led to the Battle of Kursk, one of the largest tank battles in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Citadel ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
casualtiesSide heavy German casualties ⓘ
heavy Soviet casualties ⓘ
characteristic one of the largest tank battles in history ⓘ
commander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Günther von Kluge ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
delayedUntil 1943-07-05 ⓘ
endDate 1943-07-17 ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
hasCodenameLanguage German ⓘ
hasPart northern pincer attack by Army Group Center ⓘ
southern pincer attack by Army Group South ⓘ
intelligenceFactor Soviet foreknowledge of German plans ⓘ
involves Battle of Prokhorovka ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kursk
leadsTo Battle of Kursk ⓘ
location Kursk salient ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kursk

near Kursk ⓘ
objective eliminate the Kursk salient ⓘ
regain strategic initiative on Eastern Front ⓘ
opposedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedByUnit Red Army Central Front ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Steppe Front

Red Army Steppe Front ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Steppe Front

Red Army Voronezh Front ⓘ
opposingCommander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ
Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ
outcomeConsequence beginning of continuous Soviet offensives ⓘ
permanent loss of German strategic initiative on Eastern Front ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
planningApprovedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
planningDate 1943-04 ⓘ
preparation extensive Soviet defensive fortifications ⓘ
reasonForDelay awaiting new tanks and equipment ⓘ
result German offensive failure ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1943-07-05 ⓘ
theater Soviet–German War ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-German Front
uses Ferdinand tank destroyer ⓘ
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther ⓘ
linked to: Panther tank

Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I ⓘ
linked to: Tiger I tank
year 1943 ⓘ

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Battle of Kursk → GermanCodename → Unternehmen Zitadelle ⓘ
Operation Citadel → alsoKnownAs → Unternehmen Zitadelle ⓘ
German summer offensive of 1943 → alsoKnownAs → Unternehmen Zitadelle ⓘ