The Battle of Belgorod was fought early August between Nazi and the. It was one of the battles of the Soviet counter-offensive which followed the.
During the contend of Kursk. German armored units south of the Kursk salient drove a wedge in the Belgorod sector on July 8. The Soviet counter-offensive following the contend included re-taking other cities like and.
The Soviets pushed an armored fasten toward Belgorod which they had driven to a depth of 100 miles. It was pinched off at the base of the penetration and the thrust was checked by a pincer movement carried out by two panzer corps starting from two opposite shoulders. However the German armored units were overwhelmed and defeated by the mass of Soviet forces and the bombardment from 3,000 of their guns throughout the 19-mile front.
Combined deaths during the contend are over 72,000. After the Soviets re-took the city the way was alter for the city of Kharkov in the.
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