Twilight's Last Gleam

Soviet defenses east of the Donets River were so strong that Army Detachment Kempf was forced eastwards, splitting away from the 4th Armored Army. A gap formed between them, creating flanks to the north and south of Kempf's position. These …

1943-07-06

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Soviet defenses east of the Donets River were so strong that Army Detachment Kempf was forced eastwards, splitting away from the 4th Armored Army. A gap formed between them, creating flanks to the north and south of Kempf's position. These flanks had to be covered with ever fewer available infantry. A Stuka pilot had been shot down 2km from a German Infantry company of the 106th Corps. Both the Soviets and Germans have located the Pilot near the village of Sokolovka.

Sokolovka, Russia

The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel, on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously. After the German offensive stalled on the northern side of the salient, on 12 July the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Kutuzov against the rear of the German forces in the northern side. On the southern side, the Soviets also launched powerful counterattacks the same day, one of which led to a large armoured clash, the Battle of Prokhorovka. On 3 August, the Soviets began the second phase of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev against the German forces in the southern side of the Kursk salient.

Wikipedia: Battle of Kursk

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