July 13

  • SOVIETS HAMMER GERMANS AT KURSK

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 8 minutes

    Kursk, Soviet Union • July 13, 1943 On this date in 1943 Operation Citadel (Unternehmen Zitadelle), Adolf Hitler’s delayed gam­bit to retake the impor­tant Soviet rail hub of Kursk, south of Moscow, and straighten the German line on the East­ern Front failed with devas­ta­ting losses on both sides, but espe­cially to German stra­tegic armored reserves….

  • GERMANS FACE CALAMITY AT KURSK

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 7 minutes

    Kursk, Soviet Union · July 13, 1943 On this date in 1943 Operation Citadel (Zitadelle), Adolf Hitler’s gambit to retake the impor­tant Soviet rail hub of Kursk, south of Moscow, and straighten the Ger­man line on the East­ern Front failed with devas­tating losses on both sides, but espe­cially to Ger­man stra­tegic armored reserves. A day earlier…