[Donger]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

1943. The Battle of Kursk begins, on the German Eastern Front. It is the largest battle in history, involving approximately 2.5 million troops, over 8,000 tanks and nearly 5,000 aircraft. The battle was an attack by German forces which had over the last two years retreated considerably from the high water mark of its Russian invasion, and was designed to eliminate a salient, or bulge, in their lines. Various delays, however, gave the Russians plenty of time to reinforce, and the attack was beaten off.

Amazing battle, that.