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Events on Monday 23 August 1943 1
1943Battle of KurskThe largest tank battle in history ends Germany's offensive in the EastGermany launched Operation Citadel against the Soviet salient at Kursk, and the Soviet defence stopped it. Red Army counteroffensives then recaptured Orel and Belgorod and ended at Kharkov. After Kursk, Germany never again mounted a major strategic offensive on the Eastern Front.