Operation Citadel was delayed at Hitler's order multiple times before execution, and Stavka and Georgy Zhukov had to convince Stalin to take advantage of the information garnered by the Lucy spy ring, and wait until the Germans launched their predictable assault against one of the most heavily entrenched salient on earth.
The OKH rejected a plan to lure the Soviets into the Donets River basin, there to be trapped against the Sea of Azov, instead selecting the brainchild of Chief of Staff Zeitzler over Field Marshal von Manstein. This maneuver, which reached its climax at the Battle of Prokhorovka, was in the Kesselschlacht concept, with the two prongs coming from Orel and Karkhov. Operation Citadel was delayed at Hitler's order multiple times before execution, and Stavka and Georgy Zhukov had to convince Stalin to take advantage of the information garnered by the Lucy spy ring, and wait until the Germans launched their predictable assault against one of the most heavily entrenched salient on earth. Marking the debut of a vehicle to counter the Soviet T-34, for 10 points, name this battle in which the Panther tank first appeared, the costliest single day of aerial warfare and the largest tank battle in history.
The OKH rejected a plan to lure the Soviets into the Donets River basin, there to be trapped against the Sea of Azov, instead selecting the brainchild of Chief of Staff Zeitzler over Field Marshal von Manstein.
Battle of {Kursk}