1943: Kursk Konstantin Rokossovsky

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german plan of attack


after victory @ stalingrad russian forces advanced position created bulge 150 km deep , 250 km wide german line, around city of kursk. subsequently became known kursk salient. rokossovsky command moved north of salient , re-designated new front, twinned voronezh front, holding south approaches.


in february 1943 rokossovsky wrote in diary: m appointed commander of central front. means stalin has entrusted me play key part in summer kursk campaign.


both red army , wehrmacht prepared make decisive offensive in summer of 1943 @ kursk. germans planned drive 2 thrusts 1 through each flank of salient , unite them @ kursk in order cut off substantial soviet forces, recover strategic loss @ stalingrad, , curtail further russian advance. russians, alert coming attack put offensive plans aside , prepared defense in depth mass antitank units in prepared positions.


in late june 1 german bomb load in night raid hit rokossovskii s hq, , escaped because on whim had decided set signals group in officers mess. after that, central front hq went underground in bunker in garden of former monastery.


the german offensive, code named operation citadel , scheduled begin in may attack delayed several times in order bring fresh panzer formations equipped tiger s , panther tanks , latest assault guns. these delays allowed greater soviet preparation. not until july wehrmacht operations in kursk salient got underway.


the resulting battle 1 of largest tank battles in world war ii, massive losses of men , equipment on both sides. commander of central front, rokossovsky s force faced determined attack army group center s 9th army under walter model, including several tank formations augmented newest tiger tanks in battalion strength. rokossovsky part had organized defenses 3 defensive belts. after initial german assault, rokossovsky ordered counter-attacks russian armor suffered badly in face of new german heavy tiger tanks, , went on defensive. despite this, germans bogged down in heavily mined terrain , antitank defenses, , rokossovsky able reinforce.



needless russians exploited victory full. there no more periods of quiet on eastern front. on, enemy in undisputed possession of initiative. — heinz guderian



the central front renamed 1st belorussian front, commanded during soviet advance through byelorussia (belarus) , poland.








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