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OPERATION CITADEL
The Germans launch Operation Citadel - trying to get into the Kursk salient. The operation begins at 4:30 am, but the major fights starts at 6:00 am. -
ROKOSSOVSKY´S COUNTER ATTACK
Soviet Marshal-General Rokossovsky and his Central Front army start a counter-attack against the German offensive. The counter-attack fails but is enough to slow the German forces. After this two days, 6 miles of territory are gained by the Germans. -
GENERAL HOTH WINS TERRITORIES
German General Hoth and his Army move into the salient, covering around 20 miles of territory.They ended up in a Soviet terrutory called Pokrovka. -
SOVIET ARMY RETAKES KURSK
The Soviet Army officially retakes the Russian city of Kursk. -
SOVIETS SLOW DOWN THE GERMANS
Soviet resistance to the German offensives is so intense that German General Hoth is forced to bring up more soldiers and commit them to the fight. The Germans are slowed even more by the Soviets and their tanks. -
ZHUKOV AND VASSILEVKY GET THE CONTROL
Soviet generals Zhukov and Vassilevky are given total control of the actions in and around Kursk by Stalin (most important person in the Soviet Union) -
SOVIETS MOVE INTO THE GERMAN ARMY
The Soviet Front at northeast of Kursk moves in on German General Army thanks to the Tanks. -
SOKOLOVSKY INVADES THE GERMAN ARMY
Soviet General Sokolosky moves against German Army in a counter-offensive. -
SOVIETS INTRODUCE MORE TANKS
The Soviets commit more tanks against General Hoth and his Army. -
BATTLE OF POKROVKA
A huge battle involving more than 1,000 tanks of the German and Soviet armies duke it out near Pokrovka. -
HITLER STOPS OPERATION CITADEL
Adolph Hitler orders an end to Operation Citadel, since the Germans had no chance of defeating the Soviets -
END OF FIGHTS IN SALIENT OF KURSK
Fighting in the Kursk salient officially ends. -
GERMANS OUSHED BACK
German Army forces are pushed back to their original starting positions by the soviet Army. -
SOVIETS ATTACK ON THE SOUTH WEST
Soviet forces South-West Fronts initiate a new offensive against German Army just outside of the Kursk salient. -
BELGOROD LIBERATED
Soviet Army forces move towards Kharkov, liberating the city of Belgorod in the process. -
GERMAN ARMY GOES BACK AGAIN
The German Army falls as far back as the Dniepr River. -
END OF BATTLE AND SOVIETS KEEP GERMANS AWAY
By this date, the Soviet Army had established five bridges crossing the Dniepr River, keeping the Germans away from them.