Search Results: Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk (Jul-Aug 1943), which involved nearly 6,000 tanks, was the largest tank battle in history and ended in a decisive victory for the Red Army in WWII (1939-45). Two Axis armies had attempted to cut off a Red Army bulge in...

A photograph showing Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers flying over German Panzer III tanks and other vehicles on the Orel front of the battle of Kursk in July 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A column of Red Army tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph of a Red Army mortar unit and female medic tending a wounded soldier at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph of a knocked-out Red Army T34 tank at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing Red Army troops inspecting a captured German Panther tank after the battle of Kursk in July-August 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing a Red Army advance of infantry and tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

The German-Soviet War, known in the USSR and today's Russia as the Great Patriotic War or, in Western Europe, as the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45), began in June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa and ended in Germany's total...

The Battle of Britain, dated 10 July to 31 October, 1940 by the UK Air Ministry, was an air battle between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). The Luftwaffe failed to achieve...

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between Greek and Persian forces in the Saronic Gulf, Greece in September 480 BCE. The Greeks had recently lost the Battle of Thermopylae and drawn the naval Battle at Artemision, both in August 480...