The defenders anticipated the attack, removing their troops and supplies from threatened areas within a bulge in their lines that protruded 100 miles westward into enemy territory.
The victors were able to use their success in this battle to retake Orel and Kharkov. The defenders anticipated the attack, removing their troops and supplies from threatened areas within a bulge in their lines that protruded 100 miles westward into enemy territory. When the Germans attacked from both the north and south using 900,000 troops and 2,700 tanks, they were decimated by the Russian minefields and anti-tank defenses. For ten points, what was this 1943 battle that ended Germany's offensive capability on the Eastern Front, the largest tank battle in history?
The victors were able to use their success in this battle to retake Orel and Kharkov.
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