On 5 July 1943 the "Wehrmacht" launched Operation Citadel with the aim of enveloping and destroying the Soviet forces in the Kursk salient in the hope of regaining the strategic initiative on the Eastern Front.
On 5 July 1943 the "Wehrmacht" launched Operation Citadel. The aim was to envelop and destroy the Soviet forces in the Kursk salient, in the hope of retaining the strategic initiative on the Eastern Front.