Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk was fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union from July to August 1943 around the city of Kursk, and it was Germany's last major strategic offensive on the Eastern Front. The German plan, Operation Citadel, aimed to encircle a large Soviet salient around Kursk, but Soviet forces, forewarned and deeply fortified, blunted the attack within days and then drove the German army back across a broad front. Georgy Zhukov coordinated the Soviet defense as the Stavka's representative at the front. Historians rank Kursk alongside the Battle of Stalingrad among the war's most often-cited turning points, though which battle truly turned the Eastern Front is still debated. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/