having received news of the failure of operation citadel, hitler was furious. best german divisions were routed. 400 thousand german soldiers were killed or captured. field marshal manstein later wrote. this was the last attempt to save our initiative in the east, with its failure the initiative finally passed to the soviet side, so the operation citadel is a decisive turning point. on august 5, 1943 , in honor of the liberation of orel and belgorod , an artillery rally was held in moscow. 124 guns installed in different areas of the capital fired 1,200 blank shells, the entire stock that was available at that time in moscow. this would be... in russia, and then under petrei, salutes already appeared, so let's make a salute in moscow, these salutes, a series of salutes, with a different number of guns, volleys, in depending on the importance of the settlement, have already gone in succession, in honor of the liberation of certain settlements by the red army. the establishment of several new soviet awards is associated with this victory, these were the order of

these losses meant the final collapse of operation citadel. the germans simply had no reason to advance further. this is a selection on the german part. this is the second ss tank corps. khaosov is the totenkopus division dead head dasreich, and great germany is the ss selection divisions that we stopped, and we lost, yes, a huge number of tanks, yes , it is a fact 500, but the germans also lost 300 out of 400, that is, they lost 75% of their long-term, we 60, we had reserves that we could use, in this regard, this is of course, an unconditional victory for the reds, the prokurovsky field along with the battles near panyr - these were the culminations of the battle on the kurdish arc of the entire kurdish battle, when the turning point occurred, and the germans realized at that moment that everything, yes, they won't go any further, the counteroffensive near kursk, they tried to start as quickly as possible, as quickly as possible to prepare those troops that were on the defensive for the offensive, to strike before the germans repaired the ta

one, by the way, it's not a coincidence, yes, they always shout: and there the germans began operation citadel it's the same thing, now when you read marshal zhukov's memoirs about that kursk operation, after all, how did it start, the first weeks the nazis celebrated the victory, they talked about how we were advancing, how the russians were running, they really broke through the defense there, and zhukov later decades wrote, yes, this, he emphasized this, highlighted it in his memoirs, it was. those who are trying to understand what the essence is, the reason for this ukrainian offensive, you see that they really have questions, well, what next, yes, for what was all this done? today the economist magazine came out with a kind of report from our krasnoarmeysk, yes, well, from their pokrovsk, and there they ask the fighters of the ukrainian armed forces, who directly accuse their command, says idiotic orders. "here we have they transferred special forces, that is, from pokrovsk there for the kursk operation, for everything, now they are cursing, the first days seemed to be euphoria, joy, and

the battle of kursk in 2024 continues already 2 weeks, more than hitler's operation citadel. 1943, its out that then the wehrmacht command realized the collapse of the offensive earlier than zelensky today, and this saved hitler's germany another 22 months of life. what will happen next today, we will find out soon. and what is the real goal of the offensive in the ssu on the kursk region, we will talk with military expert andrey klintsevich. andrey, hello. so many versions around the svu invasion of russia, in your opinion, what goal is the ukrainian side pursuing, to carry out a terrorist attack on kurdish npp, control of the gas metering station in sudzha, or is it a maneuver to improve zelensky's negotiating position. ukraine's operation in the north in the kursk region, as a rule, has many goals, this is an opportunity to conduct disinformation, that is , throwing in a large number of different fakes. and so on, they destabilize our society, they create panic on that means - including in the kursk region in other regions, and of course, the mental component is a change in goal-se

the battle of kursk in 2024 has been going on for 2 weeks already, longer than hitler's operation citadel1943, it turns out, then... that is, including in the kursk region in other regions, and of course, the mental component is a change in goal-setting, this is a change in stable, relatively speaking, fundamental beliefs, including in the strength of their armed forces, in their leadership of their country, this is what they are achieving now, as for military goals, why did they go there, a related question with the kursk nuclear power plant, well , firstly, it is difficult to... but most importantly, it will be very difficult to sell to western voters, especially american ones, we understand that ukraine is now acting in the wake of the presidential race in the united states. ukraine has a more global task, most likely , of course, we are talking about crimea, at least to launch a massive attack on the crimean bridge, and maybe even go in the direction of, that is, crimea, the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which they consider theirs, therefore to get closer, to impose battles on thi

i decided, as soon as conditions allow weather to carry out operation citadel, the first offensive ofyear. this offensive is of decisive importance. it should give us the initiative for the spring and summer of this year. the victory at kursk should be a torch for the whole world. this order was signed by hitler on april 15. and a few days before that , a meeting was also held in stalin's office, where they discussed. germans in positional defensive battles, stalin hesitated. in order to decide whether to attack or defend, intelligence must have its say. and here the shot was fired information received by one of the members of the cambridge five, john cairncross. thanks to cairncross, on april 14 , 1943, information was received about the signing. grabbing the telegram of colonel general weiss, it indicated the direction of the kursk-belgorod attack. knowing the direction of the main german attack, the general staff was able to correctly build a defense strategy for the kursk salient and ensure a rapid transition to the offensive. when the german troops reached prokhor and saw our tan