The Battle of Kursk. Everything about the battle that determined the fate of the Second World War.

From the beginning of the German offensive to the legendary tank battle at Prokhorovka, and from the failure of Operation 'Citadel' to the victorious conclusion of Operations 'Kutuzov' and 'Field Marshal Rumyantsev', an illustrated encyclopedia, written by the leading military historian, candidate of historical sciences A.V. Isaev, meticulously reconstructs the course of the Battle of Kursk. The 50-day Battle of Kursk, which lasted from July 5 to August 23, 1943, truly became the decisive battle of the Great Patriotic War and has no equal in world history. In this grand confrontation, about two million soldiers, six thousand tanks, and four thousand aircraft took part. The victory of the Red Army was by no means predictable and predetermined, as it may seem from today's perspective - on the contrary, until the Fire Arc, Soviet troops had never managed to defeat the 'summer German', and Hitler had no doubts about the success of 'Citadel'. The defeat of the Wehrmacht and the SS troops was all the more severe, after which the Third Reich permanently lost its strategic initiative and any chances of survival.