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The Germans launch Operation Citadel - trying to get into the Kursk salient. The operation begins at 4:30 am, but the major fights starts at 6:00 am.
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Soviet Marshal-General Rokossovsky and his Central Front army start a counter-attack against the German offensive. The counter-attack fails but is enough to slow the German forces. After this two days, 6 miles of territory are gained by the Germans.
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German General Hoth and his Army move into the salient, covering around 20 miles of territory.They ended up in a Soviet terrutory called Pokrovka.
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The Soviet Army officially retakes the Russian city of Kursk.
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Soviet resistance to the German offensives is so intense that German General Hoth is forced to bring up more soldiers and commit them to the fight. The Germans are slowed even more by the Soviets and their tanks.
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Soviet generals Zhukov and Vassilevky are given total control of the actions in and around Kursk by Stalin (most important person in the Soviet Union)
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The Soviet Front at northeast of Kursk moves in on German General Army thanks to the Tanks.
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Soviet General Sokolosky moves against German Army in a counter-offensive.
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The Soviets commit more tanks against General Hoth and his Army.
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A huge battle involving more than 1,000 tanks of the German and Soviet armies duke it out near Pokrovka.
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Adolph Hitler orders an end to Operation Citadel, since the Germans had no chance of defeating the Soviets
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Fighting in the Kursk salient officially ends.
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German Army forces are pushed back to their original starting positions by the soviet Army.
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Soviet forces South-West Fronts initiate a new offensive against German Army just outside of the Kursk salient.
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Soviet Army forces move towards Kharkov, liberating the city of Belgorod in the process.
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The German Army falls as far back as the Dniepr River.
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By this date, the Soviet Army had established five bridges crossing the Dniepr River, keeping the Germans away from them.