In the summer of 1943, Nazi Germany launched Operation Citadel in a desperate attempt to turn the tide on the Eastern Front. What followed was the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank engagement in ...

In the summer of 1943, a month long Battle at Kursk ... tanks, men and aircraft in history involving almost 6,000 vehicles of all types, two million men, and 5,000 aircraft combined. Both German ...

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Russia and Ukraine wrote off roughly the same number of tanks in the eight-month battle.

KURSK, August 23. /TASS/. The world-renowned Soviet T-34 tank that ... engaged in battles on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War [fought by the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany in World War ...

Russian forces have been steadily retaking territory in the Kursk region, the area of Russia that Ukraine attacked in 2024. It comes as the US tries to get Russia to agree to a ceasefire in the ...

KURSK, January 28. /TASS/. Tanks from the Akhmat combined artillery group destroyed three Ukrainian armored vehicles with direct hits while defending the Berdin settlement in Russia’s Kursk ...

motorised rifle regiments and the Akhmat special forces were taking part in "fierce battles" and "our guys are moving forward very well". Russian troops recaptured three villages in Kursk ...

Meanwhile, Russian milbloggers reported ongoing battles near Zaoleshenka ... political leaders responsible for recent Russian advances in Kursk Oblast,” ISW reported. The think tank also suggested ...

Russian forces have retaken control of Sudzha, a major town in the Russian Kursk region, Moscow's defence ministry has said. Russian troops have also recaptured two other villages, Melovoi and ...