<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Kursk </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Eastern Front of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 2nd SS Panzer Division soldiers, Tiger I tank, in June 1943 just before the battle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 5 July 1943 (1943 - 07 - 05)--16 July 1943 (1943 - 07 - 16) (German offensive: 1 week and 4 days) 12 July 1943 (1943 - 07 - 12)--23 August 1943 (1943 - 08 - 23) (Soviet offensive: 1 month, 1 week and 4 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Soviet victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Axis lose ability to initiate strategic offensive operations </Li> <Li> The Soviet Red Army gains the initiative over the German Wehrmacht </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Soviets regain territory along a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) wide front after the battle </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nazi Germany </Td> <Td> Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Erich von Manstein </Li> <Li> Günther von Kluge </Li> <Li> Hermann Hoth </Li> <Li> Werner Kempf </Li> <Li> Walter Model </Li> <Li> Otto Deßloch </Li> <Li> Robert Ritter von Greim </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Georgy Zhukov </Li> <Li> Konstantin Rokossovsky </Li> <Li> Nikolai Vatutin </Li> <Li> Ivan Konev </Li> <Li> Sergei Rudenko </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Operation Citadel: <Ul> <Li> 780,900 men </Li> <Li> 2,928 tanks </Li> <Li> 9,966 guns and mortars </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Soviet counteroffensive phase: <Ul> <Li> 940,900 men </Li> <Li> 3,253 tanks </Li> <Li> 9,467 guns and mortars </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2,110 aircraft </Li> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Operation Citadel: <Ul> <Li> 1,910,361 men </Li> <Li> 5,128 tanks </Li> <Li> 25,013 guns and mortars </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Soviet counteroffensive phase: <Ul> <Li> 2,500,000 men </Li> <Li> 7,360 tanks </Li> <Li> 47,416 guns and mortars </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2,792 to 3,549 aircraft </Li> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Operation Citadel: <Ul> <Li> 54,182 men </Li> <Li> 252--323 tanks and assault guns destroyed, </Li> <Li> 600--1,612 tanks and assault guns damaged </Li> <Li> 159 aircraft </Li> <Li> c. 500 guns </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Battle of Kursk: <Ul> <Li> Approximately 50,000 killed or missing and 134,000 wounded (per German military medical data) </Li> <Li> Estimate 760 tanks and assault guns destroyed </Li> <Li> 681 aircraft (for 5--31 July) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Operation Citadel: <Ul> <Li> 177,847 men </Li> <Li> 1,614--1,956 tanks and assault guns destroyed </Li> <Li> 459 ~ 1,000 aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Battle of Kursk: <Ul> <Li> 254,470 killed, missing or captured 608,833 wounded or sick </Li> <Li> Total 863,000 men </Li> <Li> 6,064 tanks and assault guns destroyed </Li> <Li> 1,626--1,961 aircraft </Li> <Li> 5,244 guns </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location in the Soviet Union </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Kursk </Th> </Tr>

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