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In an attempt to recover the offensive on the Eastern Front, the Germans planned a surprise attack on the salient from both north and south, hoping to surround and destroy the Soviet forces within the bulge. The salient was a bulge in the Soviet lines that stretched 150 miles (240 km) from north to south and protruded 100 miles (160 km) westward into the German lines. It turned out to be an unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk, in western Russia, during World War II. It was the largest tank battle in history, involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft. As it was named, Operation Citadel was Adolph Hitler’s attempt to take down the Soviet Union. The Battle of Kursk began on July 5, 1943, when the Germans attacked the USSR forces in western Russia. Significance of the war for Germans, strategies of the Soviet.In 1946, a Russian filmmaker made a three-hour film depicting a fictionalized version of the Battle of Stalingrad. Eventually the German forces surrendered. They attacked from the front and rear, surrounding the German army in the city, leaving them cut off from reinforcements. The Soviet army responded with a two-pronged attack. Their attack began using air raids and continued on the ground. Germany believed it was important to take the city. Stalingrad was an important industrial city in construction of armaments and transport down the Volga River. Nearly 2.2 million in personnel combined of both sides fought in the battle and nearly half were lost (there were significant civilian casualties in the battle). This was the largest confrontation in World War II and the largest battle of all time. Source: Bundesarchiv via Wikimedia Commons