Wiki Battle Of Kursk. Russia said on wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against ukrainian forces which had penetrated russia’s kursk region in one of the largest incursions into. The german forces neared prokhorovka, 54 miles southeast of kursk, but before they could attack the soviets countered on 12 july with a force of five tank brigades, leading to one.

The battle of kursk occurred from 5 to 16 july 1943 when nazi germany launched its operation citadel offensive against the soviet red army salient at kursk in western. The battle of kursk was a major world war ii eastern front battle between the forces of germany and the soviet union near kursk in southwestern russia during the summer of.