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...learned, Bagramian put to good use in the 1942-43 winter offensive, born in Stalingrad's ruins. At the head of "X Army," he fought last spring on the approaches to Kharkov, won the Order of Kutuzov, First Class. Still later, in the fields of yellowing grain near Kursk, he took part in the great and decisive summer battle, was promoted to colonel general, became one of the chosen few to wear the treasured Order of Suvorov, First Class. Six weeks ago-probably after he took over the First Baltic Army-he became a full general...
...fighting at Kursk [last July] witnessed the destruction of the main forces. ... [It] was the last German attempt to materialize the so-called German offensive. The offensive ended in a complete fiasco. ... If Stalingrad was a defeat.. . Kursk was a catastrophe...
Since the Red offensive began in the Kursk-Belgorod sector on July 12, the Russians have rolled forward...
Hitler's Perils. The battle for the Dnieper had its origins in the woods and valleys of the Belgorod-Kursk sector where, in the first fortnight of July, Hitler's vast offensive drowned in its own blood. When this defeat was coupled with the Allied moves in the Mediterranean. Hitler knew he had to shorten his Eastern front and hoard his reserves of men and guns...
...July 5 the Russians knew they had guessed right. The Germans struck at Kursk, were repulsed with staggering losses. But the Red Army did not attack Sevsk. Instead, it struck in the north, capturing Orel. That done, it shifted its weight to the south, against Kharkov. The German command moved its idle reserves from Sevsk, threw them into the futile defense of Kharkov...