It would be better to make the enemy exhaust himself against our defences, and knock out his tanks and then, bringing up fresh reserves, to go over to the general offensive which would finally finish off his main force. In the first phase, the enemy, collecting their best forces-including 13–15 tank divisions and with the support of a large number of aircraft-will strike Kursk with their Kromskom-Orel grouping from the north-east and their Belgorod-Kharkov grouping from the south-east… I consider it inadvisable for our forces to go over to an offensive in the near future in order to forestall the enemy.
The battle had two main phases: the German attack, called Operation Citadel, and later the Soviet counteroffensive. The Battle of Kursk was one of the most decisive battles of the Eastern Front, and of World War II in general.
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