✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II)

Operation Kutuzov

July 12 – August 18, 1943 · Oryol

Result Soviet victory

Soviet forces attacked the German Orel salient north of Kursk. The offensive drove the Germans out of the salient and began the Soviet summer advance.

On the map Contemporaries

Nazi Germany

Soviet Union

Germany
Soviet Union
Walter Model military commander Günther von Kluge military commander Lothar Rendulic military commander
Konstantin Rokossovsky military commander Vasily Sokolovsky military commander Markian Popov military commander Ivan Bagramyan military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
800,000
Tanks lost
c. 2,586
Aircraft
2,220–3,023
Aircraft lost
c. 1,014
Guns
26,379
Guns lost
892

Units

LV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
Central Front 11th Guards Army 48th Army 50th Army (Soviet Union) 61st Army (Soviet Union) 15th Tank Corps 2nd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 102nd Rifle Division 106th Rifle Division 108th Rifle Division 110th Rifle Division 129th Rifle Division 12th Guards Rifle Division 132nd Rifle Division 135th Rifle Division 137th Rifle Division 140th Rifle Division 143rd Rifle Division 162nd Rifle Division 169th Rifle Division 16th Guards Rifle Division 170th Rifle Division 175th Rifle Division 197th Rifle Division 1st Guards Tank Division 202nd Rifle Division 212th Rifle Division 217th Rifle Division 226th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 238th Rifle Division 250th Rifle Division 260th Rifle Division 26th Guards Rifle Division 307th Rifle Division 324th Rifle Division 326th Rifle Division 342nd Rifle Division 348th Rifle Division 356th Rifle Division 362nd Rifle Division 369th Rifle Division 37th Guards Rifle Division 380th Rifle Division 397th Rifle Division 399th Rifle Division 413th Rifle Division 415th Rifle Division 5th Guards Rifle Division 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 70th Guards Rifle Division 73rd Rifle Division 75th Guards Rifle Division 83rd Guards Rifle Division 84th Guards Rifle Division 8th Guards Airborne Division 90th Guards Tank Division (1985–1997) 97th Rifle Division