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	Battle of Belgorod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Belgorod was fought early August, 1943 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
		It was one of the battles of the Soviet counter-offensive Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev which followed the Battle of Kursk.
		During the battle of Kursk, German armored units south of the Kursk salient drove a wedge in the Belgorod sector on July 8.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Belgorod (270 words)

	Belgorod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Belgorod is situated in a central part of Russia (on the border between Russia and the Ukraine).
		Belgorod is not a large city, it is only 350000, but Belgorod is the center of the region.
		Belgorod's business economy is varied, including industry and agriculture.This part of the country is known by its agriculture because 77% of the territory situated in the fl soil zone.
	www.belnet.ru /visitbelgorod/page5.html (363 words)

	Battle of Kursk
		In the middle was a large 200 km wide and 150 km deep salient (bulge) in the lines between German forward positions near Orel[?] in the north, and Manstein's recently captured Kharkov in the south.
		The battle was first set for May 4, but then delayed until June 12, and finally July 4 in order to allow more time for new weapons to arrive from Germany.
		Although the battle was not a clear-cut victory for the Soviets, the Germans suffered a clear defeat.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wo/World_War_II___Kursk.html (2263 words)

	Belgorod
		Belgorod is a regional, industrial and cultural centre of Belgorod region.
		In XVI century in reign of tsar Feodor Ioannovich (the son of Ioann the Terrible) in Belgorod a big fortress was built.
		This battle was one of the greatest victories of the Red Army in that War.
	russia.rin.ru /guides_e/2746.html (858 words)

	Hotels in Belgorod, Russia.
		Belgorod has become an industrial and cultural centre in the beginning of the 18th century.
		Belgorod is the regional, industrial and cultural centre of the Belgorod region with a population of 300000 today.
		Belgorod is rich in architectural monuments: Pokrovskaya Church (1711), Smolensky (18th century) and Spaso-Preobrazhensky (19th century) Cathedrals.
	www.allrussianhotels.com /en/hotels/belgorod/belogorye (213 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The battle was marked by the brutality and disregard for civilian casualties on both sides.
		Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German and other Axis forces in and around the city.
		Battle of Crete had never been made up, and the 300 tonnes they could deliver a day would be less than the 500 needed by the army.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad.html (3372 words)

	Battle of Kursk
		The Battle of Kursk (or 'Kursk Campaign', July 4, 1943 â“ August 23, 1943), was called Operation Zitadelle by the German Army, or Operation Citadel in English, was a significant (deliberate) defensive battle strategy on the Soviets' part on the Eastern Front Theater during World War II.
		In that sense it may be seen as phase II of the turning point in the front that began with the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad, which aftermath set the table by establishing the 'Kursk Salient', the reduction of which was the objective of the German armies entering July.
		Many of the troops assigned to the defense of the salient were recent veterans of the Battle of Stalingrad, but the Red Army also added over one million new men to its ranks in the first half of 1943.
	www.cheguevara.co.za /wiki/Battle_of_Kursk (5581 words)

	The Battle of Kursk
		The battle of Kursk was monumental for numerous reasons but will almost always be remembered for being the largest clash of armor, certainly during W.W.II and would not be rivaled until the Arab-Israeli wars of the 1960's and 1970's.
		These defenses were of a scale never seen before for a battle and the Russians immediately put the military and 300,000 of the local civilian population to work laying a massive array of tank traps, minefields, anti-tank guns and dug in tanks and other defensive positions in anticipation of the German attack.
		The Elefant tanks although a formidable machine with their 88mm gun had also proved a disappointment with Russian infantry simply attacking the 73 ton monsters with satchel charges and Molotov cocktails when they were separated from the infantry with relative ease due to the absence of a hull machine gun as a secondary defenses.
	zhukov.mitsi.com /Kursk.htm (2069 words)

	Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		He filled out his descriptions of the battles with fanciful notions of tanks ramming each other (in fact there is no evidence of this tactic), and of the Germans suffering staggering losses in tanks (in fact there is no evidence of this either).
		The battle was fought and lost by the generals, not by Hitler, although he got the blame after the war.
		The description of the battle is so brief that many of the important features (the German lack of infantry, the Soviet elastic defense, the German decisions during the battle, and the Soviet counteroffensive on the flanks) go untouched.
	www.uni.edu /~licari/review15.html (4211 words)

	Belgorod region :: Russia-InfoCentre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Belgorod region is one of the youngest ones in Russia.
		As Belgorod emerged as a defense fortress to protect southern borders of Russia, the city was always at the center of events.
		Belgorod took part in practically all battles and wars that Russia led against Turkey, in Italian and Suisse campaigns of Alexander Suvorov, and in the War of 1812.
	www.russia-ic.com /rc/?region=5104 (430 words)

	::The Battle of Kursk::
		Kursk was to be the biggest tank battle of World War Two and the battle resulted in a severe crisis for Nazi Germany’s war machine in Russia.
		The retaking of the city of Kharkov is seen as the end of the Battle of Kursk.
		The Battle of Kursk was to have major consequences for the Germans.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /battle_of_kursk.htm (1713 words)

	WWII Kursk battle
		On the southern sector the assault was commanded by Manstein and in the northern sector the assault was led by Model.
		While this battle took place in the south, in the northern sector the russian army begun a counteroffensive that very soon expanded to the southern sector.
		After this battle the german forces lost all the initiative in the eastern front, only a few local wehrmacht counterstrikes took place until the end of the ww2.
	www.geocities.com /ww2_wwii_kursk (336 words)

	Pravda.RU:60th anniversary of the Kursk Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Battle of Kursk, which covered the territories of the present Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Sumy, Kharkov and Poltava regions /the first four are situated in Russia, the rest in Ukraine/, lasted 50 days.
		The battle involved a total of 4 million people, more than 69,000 guns and mortars, 13,200 tanks and self-propelled guns, and up to 12,000 warplanes on both sides.
		The main outcome of the battle was that the German troops were forced to stop their offensive and pass on to strategic defence.
	newsfromrussia.com /science/2003/08/19/49398_.html (477 words)

	Second World War Books: Review
		The relative lack of narrative describing the actual course of the battle is explained by the intent of the Staff Study series and its target audience.
		For example, there is little or no explanation of the structure and capabilities of various Soviet combat units and nothing on performance specifications of tanks or aircraft; the authors assume their audience of military professionals will already be familiar with this information.
		The Battle of Kursk, 1943 by Glantz and Jonathan House, forthcoming from University Press of Kansas in October, promises to be everything that the Staff Study isn't: a well-rounded view of the planning, forces, and operations of both sides, written for the contemporary military history audience rather than Soviet generals during the war.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/990919.shtml (1021 words)

	The Battle of Kursk
		Although Stalin wanted to strike first, because he feared that the Red Army would not be able to stand up to a German summer offensive (as they had failed to do in summers of 1941 and 1942), the unanimous advice of the professional soldiers convinced him of the wisdom of waiting.
		The Soviet forces allotted to the battle at Kursk were organized into the Central Front under Rokossovsky (with STAVKA representative Zhukov) facing Model in the north and the Voronezh Front under Vatutin (with STAVKA representative Vasilevsky) facing Manstein's forces in the south.
		The battle of Kursk was, after Stalingrad, the most decisive battle ow the war.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/world_war_2/27866/2 (692 words)

	www.rian.ru
		The celebration of the Battle of Kursk's anniversary begins early with a ceremony laying wreaths and flowers at a monument to Soviet soldiers and at the Kursk Salient Memorial.
		The Battle of Kursk, which covered the territories of the present Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Sumy, Kharkov and Poltava regions (the first four are in Russia, the remaining in Ukraine) lasted 50 days.
		The battle involved 4 million people, more than 69,000 guns and mortars, 13,200 tanks and self-propelled guns and up to 12,000 warplanes on both sides.
	en.rian.ru /russia/20050823/41207977-print.html (187 words)

	Bloodiest Battles in History - World Affairs Board
		50,000 - Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo (1917)
		All three battles against Persia by Alexander should be on the list, as well as the Battle of Platea, the Battle of Salamis, the Battle of Zama, Utica(more of a Massacre then a battle), et al.
		Battle of Catalunia, between The Huns and The Romans.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=7866 (1127 words)

	The Battle of Kursk
		And while the authors agree with recent assessments that the Soviets took far more of a beating than the SS panzers at Prokhorovka (a far smaller tank battle than the titanic clash of legend), their work suggests the folly of Von Manstein's plea to continue the attack and possibly achieve an encirclement.
		The Battle of Kursk is a typical Glantz book, long on mind-numbing detail and sometimes short on analysis.
		The Battle of Kursk proves how far the Soviets had come from the disasters of 1941, and just how sophisticated their commanders had become.
	www.themilitarybookreview.com /html/Kursk.html (920 words)

	Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The operation was conducted by Steppe Front in the Belgorod sector.
		The operation led to the retreat of the German forces in Ukraine behind the Dnepr River, and it set the stage for the liberation of Kiev in autumn 1943.
		By the Wehrmacht, this operation is often referred to as the Fourth Battle of Kharkov.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fourth_Battle_of_Kharkov (263 words)

	Russian Army Order of Battle
		This initiative presumably was intended to bring the notional order of battle of the ground forces into closer alignment with the actually existing state of affairs.
		The actual order of battle of the Russian Army as of 2000 remains quite uncertain.
		It might be reasonable to assume that the units named in the following table remain active, with some degree of combat potential, while almost all of those units that were unidentified [ie, "UI"] as of 1996 have either been stood down, or remain only nominally in existence.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/agency/army-oob.htm (447 words)

	WWII Battle of Kursk: Mine/Countermine operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Although German planners before the battle and historians since have concentrated on the new Tigers, Panthers, and Ferdinands, it is important to note the small numbers of such tanks actually involved.
		In 1943 the T-34 was still a good battle tank and equal to the German Pz IV and superior to the Pz III, but it was outgunned by the Panther, the Tiger, and the Ferdinand.
		In fact it was equal to half the distance covered in the remaining week of the battle on the north face of the salient.
	www.geocities.com /armysappersforward/kursk.htm (16040 words)

	Battle of Kursk
		On the ground, commanders were unable to keep track of developments and the battle rapidly degenerated into an immense number of confused and bitter small-unit actions, often at close quarters.
		The fighting raged on all day, and by evening the last shots were being fired as the two sides disengaged.
		The overall battle still hung in the balance.
	www.world-war-2.info /battles/bt_11.php (2326 words)

	1943: BATTLE OF KURSK
		From the north, the Wehrmacht's Ninth Army was poised to move from the south of Orel toward Olkhovatka.
		The greatest tank battle of World War II, unsurpassed until Operation Desert Storm in February 1992, was fought at Prokhorovka during the Battle of Kursk.
		After fierce battles, the Germans had to abandon Kharkov because of their heavy losses and Russian advances elsewhere on the front.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1943kursk.php (979 words)

	Chronicle of 1943
		The Kursk attack was the greatest tank battle in history.
		By the end of August, Kharkov and Belgorod were back in their hands.
		Hitler's dream of enslaving the Soviets and filling their lands with Aryan (non-Jewish German/ Caucasian) was shattered, even as the battle for Soviet land continued.
	library.advanced.org /27629/chronicle/1943.html (258 words)

	War Documentary Descriptions
		The battle for Stalingrad, long lines of troops march along the bend of the Don, horses bathe in a river, captured Soviets bring their own weapons to a collection point, Stukas attack enemy bunkers, tanks, artillery and armored infantry win a battle, the Volga is reached, Stalingrad fortifications come under fire.
		In winter battles in the Leningrad area, a Soviet observation post is destroyed and engineers readying a trench for defense are attacked by a Soviet unit, which is defeated with the aid of anti-tank forces.
		Belgorod battle sector, German rockets, tanks, fighter planes, infantry, assault units, and Stukas oppose Soviet planes, tanks, and infantry, captured Soviet soldiers and guns, German prefabricated bridge, General Model.
	www.germanvideo.com /war/tee.txt (11990 words)

	WW2DB: Battle of Kursk
		This decisive battle would occur near the town of Kursk, a town on the Moscow-Rostov railway, in Southern Russia.
		The battle started on 4 Jul 1943 as a series of delays, including the desperate situation in Jun 1943 that took away attention from this offensive.
		Manstein made the recommendation to Hitler that a final reinforcement at Kursk could have turned the tides of the battle and destroyed the Russian troops present in the area mending their recently received wounds, but Hitler had already made up his mind to shift his focus to Italy.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=40 (1164 words)

	introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Operation Citadel was the German plan that built up to the Battle of Kursk, which was significant to the German defeat on the Eastern Front during WWII.
		The operation marks the first time the Germans failed in a summer expedition; largely due to the fact that the point of attack was changed from a potentially successful plan formulated by General Erich von Manstein, to a disastrous, and obvious plan put into action by the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH).
		The battle is to date, still the largest armored engagement of all time, the fighting included the most costly aerial warfare day of all time.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/st/~kyletaylor/introduction_page2.html (151 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		With the capture of Belgorod Lanz ordered the German units to the east of Kharkov to withdraw on the city to avoid being cut off by Soviet flanking movements.
		By 14 February the Leibstandarte division moved from the outer to inner defences, fighting defensive battles in Kharkov’s factory district against the Soviet 15th Tank Corp, 160th Rifle and 48th Guards Rifle divisions.
		Grossdeutschland and the 168th division had been slowly withdrawing from Belgorod, unfortunately Grossdeutschland retreated south while the 169th went southwest spreading the forces defending Kharkov’s north.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /article.asp?articleid=263 (1220 words)

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