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Title
Heirs Bridgehead
Description
It came as no surprise, especially to the Russians, that the German 2nd SS Panzer Corps would spear head the summer offensive against the Kursk salient. The Germans were involved in some of the heaviest fighting in the most crucial sector of the southern front. Despite the immense difficulties...
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Source
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Date
1943-07-10
Scenario#
KCG1
Scenario Description
It came as no surprise, especially to the Russians, that the German 2nd SS Panzer Corps would spear head the summer offensive against the Kursk salient. The Germans were involved in some of the heaviest fighting in the most crucial sector of the southern front. Despite the immense difficulties, they had made the best progress of any formations in the assault so far. By the 9th ofJuly, the 2nd SS Panzer Corps had reached the final Soviet defense line. On the left flank, the SS Totenkopfs 3rd Battalion of the 6th Panzergrenadier Regiment was able to overcome the maze of Russian fortifications and ford the Psel river, the last remaining obstacle between the Fourth Panzer Army and Kursk. They quickly captured the north bank villages of Vasilyevka, Koslovka, and ICrasny Oktabyr, and established bridges to funnel more troops into the bridge head. This alarming progress forced the Russian High Command to prematurely release its reserves to crush the SS Panzer Corps. While the Germans mopped up local resistance on the eleventh of July, a Russian juggernaut in the form of the Fifth Guards Tank Army bore down on them. As the Germans prepared to continue the advance on the morning of 12 July, they collided with advance elements of the 5th Guards Tank Army.
Location
Prokhorovka, Russia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
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.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Kursk
Combatants
German
Russian
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