When the Battle of Kursk finally ended, the destruction stretched far beyond burned tanks and shattered trenches. Survivors ...

Before the Battle of Kursk began, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein favored a different strategy from Adolf Hitler’s planned direct offensive against Soviet defenses. As Germany prepared for one of the ...

KURSK, Russia — Antonina and Anatoly Loginov squinted in the bright dawn light as they emerged from the basement where they’d been holed up for weeks. They took in the shattered moonscape of their ...

In the summer of 1943, the Soviet city of Kursk became the most important target in the war. The Germans were desperate to recapture it to stabilize their front, while the Russians went to ...