![]() Soviet Army forces were being concentrated en mass. So while the Germans readied their side of the chessboard, the Soviets were already preparing the massive counter-attack to follow. Unknown to the Germans was the Soviet partisan movement watching and detailing every move the Army made and relaying this information back to the Soviet Army. The German Army was waiting for the right time to strike and deliver a timely blow that would send the Russians reeling.Ī plan was enacted to deliver such a blow and attention to every detail was paid. To the salient's north lay the German 9th Army and to its south was the 4th Panzer Army. Their respective fronts became the Bryansk, Voronezh and South-West Fronts. The salient ran from Novosil in the northeast and westward to Kursk and finally to the south close to Belgorod. The actions centered around the city of Kursk to which a large salient (or bulge) had developed from the previous year's fighting with the strategic city left right in the middle. Operation Citadel would go down as the last great German operation along the East Front - an attempt to reclaim some footing after their disastrous defeat at Stalingrad. ![]()
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