No. The Russians were forewarned of the attack. They created strong, interlocked defensive positions, to a depth of fifty miles in the threatened area. They allowed the Germans to blunt their weapons on the defenses, then went over to the counter-attack. The Russian counter-offensive beginning at the end of Kursk kept rolling until the Russians were in Berlin. After Kursk, the Germans never had the strength to mount another major offensive. It was their last grab for victory, but it still took nearly another two years to completely defeat the Nazis.
the the Red Army managed to push the Germans back to the dnieper and towards western Ukraine, winning the battle.
The Battle of Kursk involved 780,900 Germans and 1,910,361 Russians. The combined forces suffered 1,066,303 casualties.
Kursk is located in western Russia. Battle fought on July 5 – Aug. 23, 1943 Check for location on MapQuest.com. http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=RU&addtohistory=&city=kursk
The Battles of Kursk, Stalingrad and Berlin.
On 23 August 1943.
Germans were against Russia.
The Germans hoped to regain the initiative on the Eastern Front by eliminating the Kursk salient . ~ see related link below .
Germans wanted to circle the town of Kursk with a pincer move, while the Russians waited for them to march right into trap which involved letting the Germans deeper but also circling them and destroying their forces. The russians had also way bigger force which resulted in the inability of germans to win the battle
Germans and Russians were to blame .
Over 9,000 Germans died at Kursk in 1943. In total there were over 50,000 German casualties suffered during this battle.
the the Red Army managed to push the Germans back to the dnieper and towards western Ukraine, winning the battle.
According to History Learning Site over 500,000 Germans died during the battle at Kursk. The link below has more information that you might be interested in.
The Germans has 2,928 tanks. Whereas the Soviets had 5,128 tanks.
As the battle was called battle of Kursk, it was fought in Kursk, USSR. So the city which was liberated by the soviets was Kursk.
The Germans began a full retreat where again they lost in the Battle of Kursk and then the Soviets pushed west to Berlin
The Germans fought and lost the Battle of Kursk to the Russians, and from then on, it was pretty much a nonstop retreat for the Germans (except for the Siege of Warsaw Poland) all the way to the Reistag in Berlin, Germany.
The Battle of Kursk started on 5th July 1943. The Battle of Kursk ended on 23rd August 1943.