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The Battle of Kursk - Page 3© Ralph Zuljan
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Nov 1, 1999
The Third Reich had to shift military forces to the west in 1943 and the failure at Kursk ensured that this could not be done without fatally weakening their position in the fight against the Soviet Union. Consequently, after Kursk, the Soviets were more powerful than the Germans and their allies on the Eastern Front. In that sense, initiative changed hands at Kursk.
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In response to message posted by Snead:
Hi, I had to write an essay on the Battle of Kurst for a course I took. When I figure out ...
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Ralph does a good job at setting up the circumstances before the battle - well done. However he states that nowhere did the Germans break through at Kursk - this is true for the northern attack, but t ...
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Sieges and bad weather always seem to take the luster off of a win. Kursk just has that classic wide open strategic slugfest aspect that means the difference between eventual victory and defeat. Stali ...
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The battle of Kursk was, after Stalingrad, the most decisive battle ow the war. After Manstein's victory at Kharkov, a stable front was the need of the hour for Germany. The Russian bulge around Kursk ...
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Sorry it took so long to get over here, but I have been busy. I have been very impressed with this battle for a long time. I believe the Russians defeated Hitler and we defeated Japan at Midway ...
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