Battle of Kursk order of battle

The Battle of Kursk order of battle is a list of the significant units that fought in the Battle of Kursk between July and August 1943.

Units smaller than division size and Soviet aviation divisions are not shown in this order of battle.

German

Army Group Centre (Günther von Kluge)

Army Group South (Erich von Manstein)

Luftwaffe

Soviet

Western Front

The following units were included in the Western Front, commanded by Colonel General Vasily Sokolovsky.[4]

Bryansk Front

The Bryansk Front was commanded by Colonel General Markian Popov, and consisted of the following units.[9]

Central Front

The Central Front was commanded by Army General Konstantin Rokossovsky, and consisted of the following units:[14]

Voronezh Front (Nikolai Vatutin)

Steppe Front

The following units were part of the Steppe Front, commanded by Ivan Konev. The front was formed from the Steppe Military District on 9 July,[23] to serve as a reserve if the German attack broke through and to provide fresh troops for a counterattack to begin as soon as the German attack was halted. This order of battle does not show the complete composition of the Steppe Front. In addition to the units listed below, there were also the 4th Guards, 27th, 47th and 53rd Armies.[24] The 4th Guards,[25] 27th, 47th, and the 53rd Armies were held in reserve during the battle and thus did not participate.[26] The 5th Guards Army and the 5th Guards Tank Army were both committed to the counterattack in the Battle of Prokhorovka, where they fought as part of the Voronezh Front.[27]

5th Guards Army

The following units were part of the 5th Guards Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Alexey Zhadov. The 10th Tank Corps was directly subordinated to the front on 7 July and became part of the 1st Tank Army on 8 July. Also on 8 July, the 5th Guards Army was transferred to the Voronezh Front.[28]

5th Guards Tank Army

The 5th Guards Tank Army consisted of the following units, under the command of Lieutenant General Pavel Rotmistrov. The 18th Tank Corps joined the army from the Reserve of the High Command on 7 July. The army was transferred to the Voronezh Front on 11 July.[30]

5th Air Army

The 5th Air Army included the following units, and was commanded by Lieutenant General Sergei Goryunov.[31] It entered combat in mid-July.[32]

  • 7th Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General Pyotr Arkhangelsky)
  • 8th Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General Nikolai Kamanin)
  • 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps (Major General Yevgeny Savitsky)
  • 7th Fighter Aviation Corps (Major General Aleksandr Utin)

Citations
  1. Holm, Michael. "Luftflotte 4". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  2. Clark 2012, p. 200.
  3. Holm, Michael. "Luftflotte 6". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  4. Glantz & House 2004, p. 290.
  5. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 290–291.
  6. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 291–293.
  7. Glantz & House 2004, p. 293.
  8. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 293–295.
  9. Glantz & House 2004, p. 295.
  10. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 295–296.
  11. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 296–297.
  12. Glantz & House 2004, p. 297.
  13. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 298–299.
  14. Glantz & House 2004, p. 299.
  15. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 299–301.
  16. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 301–302.
  17. Glantz & House 2004, p. 302.
  18. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 302–303.
  19. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 303–304.
  20. Glantz & House 2004, p. 304.
  21. Glantz & House 2004, p. 305.
  22. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 305–306.
  23. Glantz & House 2004, p. 322.
  24. Clark 2012, p. 204.
  25. Glantz & House 2004, p. 244.
  26. Dunn 2008, pp. 75–78.
  27. Glantz & House 2004, p. 113.
  28. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 323–324.
  29. Glantz & House 2004, p. 323.
  30. Glantz & House 2004, pp. 326–327.
  31. Glantz & House 2004, p. 328.
  32. Zetterling & Frankson 2000, p. 75.

References
  • Clark, Lloyd (2012). Kursk: The Greatest Battle: Eastern Front 1943. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7553-3639-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Dunn, Walter S. (2008) [1997]. Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943. Mechanicsburg, PA, USA: Stackpole. ISBN 9781461751229.
  • Zetterling, Niklas; Frankson, Anders (2000). Kursk 1943: A Statistical Analysis. Cass Series on the Soviet (Russian) Study of War. London: Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-5052-8.
  • Frankson, Anders; Niklas Zetterling (2002). "Styrkorna inför den tyska offensiven". Slaget om Kursk. Stockholm: Norstedts Förlag. ISBN 91-1-301078-6.
  • Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M. (2004) [1999]. The Battle of Kursk. Lawrence, KS, USA: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1335-9.
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