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  partof World War II
  caption Disabled Soviet T-34 being towed by a turretless Armoured Recovery Tank , under enemy fire
  date July 4 , 1943August 23 , 1943
  place Kursk , USSR
  result Soviet victory
  combatant1 Germany
  combatant2 Soviet Union
  commander1 Erich Von Manstein ,<br> Günther Von Kluge ,<br> Walther Model
  commander2 Georgy Zhukov ,<br> Konstantin Rokossovsky ,<br> Nikolai Vatutin
  strength1 800,000 infantry,<br/>2,700 tanks,<br/> 2,000 aircraft
  strength2 1,300,000 infantry,<br/>3,600 tanks,<br/> 2,400 aircraft
  casualties1 500,000 dead, wounded, or captured<br/>500 tanks<br/>200 aircraft
  casualties2 607,737 dead, wounded, or captured<br/>1,500 tanks<br/>1,000 aircraft