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Map of the Soviet counter-offensive to clear the German held Orel salient, north of Kursk, on the Eastern Front.
Map of Operation Kutuzov. The Soviet offensive was aided by partisan attacks behind the German lines. Approximately 100,000 Soviet partisans (according to Soviet reports) were working to disrupt German efforts to supply and reinforce their forces.
18 mar 2016 · Currently I'm working on a book detailing Operation Kutuzov and the Battle of Orel in the summer of 1943 and am appealing to the forum members for any available documents. I've accumulated a great deal of both German and Russian material related to it and no doubt once it's finished I'll be accused of including too many pedantic details.
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-287-0872-30, Russland ( bei Orel), Endladen eines Waggons mit Proviant.jpg 800 × 533; 44 KB
THE OREL COUNTER-OFFENSIVE (OPERATION kutuzov), 12 JULY TO 18 AUGUST 1943. During Operation CITADEL the Soviet formations were far superior in quantitative terms. Yet, paradoxically, the balance of forces was nowhere else anything like as favourable for the German side as it was at Kursk.
World war 2, july 1943, the orel-kursk direction, a group of scouts under the direction of captain zakrevsky (left) captured a german tank in full order with important documents. South of orel, soviet tankborne detachment in july, 1943.
On-line historical map: World War II aerial photography of Oryol. Oryol: ... Map size: 11000x10400 px: Country: Russia and USSR: Regions: Oryol: Coverage area: From West to East: ... Scale: 100 pixels represents: 143 m. Related maps: 1941 Map of Oryol and environs. Satellite image of Oryol and Its suburbs, 1970. German Oryol map 1942. Satellite ...
