Battle of Kursk order of battle
Appearance
The Battle of Kursk order of battle is a list of the significant units that fought in the Battle of Kursk between July and August 1943.
German
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Army Group Reserve
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Army Group Reserve
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- Luftflotte 4 (4th Air Fleet) (Otto Deßloch as both commander-in-chief and chief of staff[1]) - Air support for Army Group South[2]
- VIII Fliegerkorps (8th Air Corps)
- Luftflotte 6 (6th Air Fleet) (Robert Ritter von Greim as commander-in-chief and Friedrich Kless as chief of staff[3]) - Air support for Army Group Center[2]
- 1. Flieger Division (1st Air Division)
Soviet
1st Air Army (Mikhail Gromov) |
Front assets
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15th Air Army (Nikolai Naumenko) |
Front Assets
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48th Army (Prokofy Romanenko) |
70th Army (Ivan Galanin)
2nd Tank Army (Alexei Rodin)Front Assets
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6th Guards Army (Ivan Chistiakov) |
7th Guards Army (Mikhail Shumilov) |
69th Army (Vasily Kriuchenkin) |
2nd Air Army (Stepan Kravsovsky)
Front Assets
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This order of battle does not show the complete composition of the Steppe Front. In addition to the units listed below, there are also the 4th Guards, 27th, 47th and 53rd Armies. [4]
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5th Air Army (Sergei Goriunov)
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Citations
- ^ Holm, Michael. "Luftflotte 4". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ a b Clark 2012, p. 200.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "Luftflotte 6". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ Clark 2012, p. 204.
- ^ Glantz & House 2004, p. 323.
References
- Clark, Lloyd (2012). Kursk: The Greatest Battle: Eastern Front 1943. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7553-3639-5.
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- Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M. (2004) [1999]. The Battle of Kursk. Lawrence, KS, USA: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1335-9.
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