World War II by Reg Grant

Author:Reg Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Published: 2012-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Soviet Katyusha multiple rocket launchers prepare to fire during the Soviet counteroffensive against the German invaders. Fired in volleys, the rockets could deliver a devastating artillery barrage.

Although the fighting in Italy was fierce, it was dwarfed by the scale and savagery of the conflict on the Eastern Front. There, the Soviet offensive of the winter of 1942–43, which had brought victory at Stalingrad, had carried the Red Army forward to a line that pushed west of the city of Kursk. In July 1943, the Germans launched an armored counterattack against the Kursk salient, hoping for a crushing victory that would once more give them the upper hand. But for the first time the German armor and its air support had met their match. In the largest armored battle ever seen, with more than 2,000 tanks committed on each side, the German offensive was repulsed and a Soviet counterattack forced the Germans to retreat.

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