Operation citadel, the battle of Kursk, sought to give the Wehrmacht the much-needed breathing room on the Eastern Front. The battle involved as many as 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft, and 2 million fighting men,5 and was remembered as the most concentrated and least scientific tank battle in the history of armoured warfare.
Operation citadel, the battle of Kursk, sought to give the Wehrmacht the much-needed breathing room on the Eastern Front. The battle involved as many as 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft, and 2 mi…