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KURSK 1943
The Southern Front
ROBERT FORCZYK
ILLUSTRATED BY GRAHAM TURNER
Author
Robert Forczyk has a PhD in International Relations and
National Security from the University of Maryland and a
strong background in European and Asian military history.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the US Army Reserves
having served 18 years as an armour officer in the US 2nd and
4th Infantry divisions and as an intelligence officer in the 29th
Infantry Division (Light). Dr Forczyk is currently a consultant in
the Washington, DC area.
Illustrator
Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, specializing in the
medieval period. He has illustrated numerous titles for Osprey,
covering a wide variety of subjects from the dress of the 10th-
century armies of the Caliphates, through the action of bloody
medieval battles, to the daily life of the British Redcoat of the
late 18th century. The son of the illustrator Michael Turner,
Graham lives and works in Buckinghamshire, UK.
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CAMPAIGN 305
KURSK 1943
The Southern Front
ROBERT FORCZYK
ILLUSTRATED BY GRAHAM TURNER
 
Series editor Marcus Cowper
 
This electronic edition published in 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Osprey Publishing,
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Index by Fionbar Lyons
Typeset in Myriad Pro and Sabon
Editorial by Ilios Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK (www.iliospublishing.com)
Maps by Bounford.com
3D bird’s-eye views by The Black Spot
Battlescene illustrations by Graham Turner
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ARTIST’S NOTE
Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the colour
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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AOK
AT
BAD
BAK
DR
GA
GBAD
GD
GIAD
GRD
GShAD
GTA
HE
IAD
IAK
JG
lFH
LSSAH
NBAD
NKVD
OKH
POZ 
PzKpfw
RSO
RVGK
SAK
sFH
ShAK
ShAD
sIG
SPW
StuG
StuH
StuK
SU
T
TA
VA
VVS
Armeeoberkommando (Army Command)  
anti-tank  
Bomber Aviation Division   
Bomber Aviation Corps  
2.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich
Guards Army  
Guards Bomber Aviation Division  
Guards Division  
Guards Fighter Aviation Division  
Guards Rifle Division  
Guards Ground Attack Aviation Division  
Guards Tank Army  
high-explosive  
Isrebitelnyi Aviatsionnyi Division (Fighter Aviation Division)  
Isrebitelnyi Aviatsionnyi Korpus (Fighter Aviation Corps)  
Jagdgeschwader  
leichte Feld Haubitze  
1.SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Night Bomber Aviation Division  
Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (People’s Commissariat
for Internal Affairs)  
Oberkommando des Heeres  
podvishnyi otriad zagrazhdenii (mobile obstacle detachments)  
Panzerkampfwagen  
Raupenschlepper Ost (tractor)  
Stavka Reserve  
Composite Air Corps  
schwere Feld Haubitze  
Assault Aviation Corps  
Ground Attack Aviation Division  
schwere Infanteriegeschütz  
Schützenpanzerwagen  
Sturmgeschütz  
Sturmhaubitze  
Sturmkanone  
samokhodnaya ustanovka; self-propelled  
3.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Totenkopf
Tank Army   
Vozdushnaya Armiya (Air Army)  
Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (Military Air Forces)  
Key to military symbols
Army Group
Army
Corps
Division
Brigade
Regiment
Battalion
Company/Battery
Platoon
Section
Squad
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Airborne
Unit HQ
Air defence
Air Force
Air mobile
Air transportable
Amphibious
Anti-tank
Armour
Air aviation
Bridging
Engineer
Headquarters
Maintenance
Medical
Missile
Mountain
Navy
Nuclear, biological, Ordnance
chemical
Parachute
Reconnaissance
Signal
Supply
Transport
movement
Rocket artillery
Air defence artillery
Key to unit identification
Unit
identi er
Commander
Parent
unit
(+) with added elements
(–) less elements
CONTENTS
ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN
CHRONOLOGY
OPPOSING COMMANDERS
German
n
Soviet
4 
7 
8 
OPPOSING FORCES
German
n
Soviet
n
Order of battle, 5 July 1943
13
 
OPPOSING PLANS
German
n
Soviet
27
 
THE CAMPAIGN
Preliminary moves, 1 April–4 July
n
Von Manstein’s offensive, 5–10 July
n
Vatutin’s counter-offensive,
11–12 July
n
Hitler calls it quits, 13–15 July
34
 
AFTERMATH
Analysis
91
 
THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY
FURTHER READING
INDEX
93
 
94
 
95 
 

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