Impi yaseKursk ingenye yezimpi ezinegazi kakhulu emlandweni. Bekuhanjelwe yizigidi zabantu, futhi kubandakanye nemishini yezempi esezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu. Ngokwesilinganiso nokulahleka kwayo, akunakuba ngaphansi kuphela kweMpi edumile yaseStalingrad.
Kulesi sihloko sizokutshela ngomlando nemiphumela ye-Battle of Kursk.
Umlando wempi yaseKursk
I-Battle of Kursk noma i-Battle of the Kursk Bulge, yaqala ngoJulayi 5 kuya ku-Agasti 23, 1943. Kwakuyinkimbinkimbi yemisebenzi yokuzivikela neyokuhlasela yamasosha aseSoviet kwiGreat Patriotic War (1941-1945) eyenzelwe ukuphazamisa ukucasula okuphelele kweWehrmacht nokucekela phansi izinhlelo zikaHitler ...
Ngokwesilinganiso nezinsizakusebenza ezisetshenzisiwe, iMpi yaseKursk ibhekwa ngokufanele njengenye yezimpi ezinkulu zeMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba (1939-1945). Iqiniso elithandekayo ukuthi ku-historiography imele impi enkulu kakhulu yamathangi emlandweni wesintu.
Lokhu kungqubuzana kuhanjelwe ngabantu abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezimbili, amathangi ayi-6,000 nezindiza ezingama-4,000, kungabalwa ezinye izikhali ezinzima. Kwathatha izinsuku ezingama-50.
Ngemuva kokunqoba kweButho Elibomvu phezu kwamaNazi eMpini yaseStalingrad, iMpi yaseKursk yaphenduka ushintsho empini. Ngenxa yalokho, lesi sinyathelo sawela ezandleni zamasosha aseSoviet. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi lokhu kwakusobala kubabambisene be-USSR, ebusweni be-United States naseGreat Britain.
Esehlule amaNazi, iRed Army yaqhubeka nokuthatha amadolobha athunjiwe, yenza imisebenzi ephumelelayo yokuhlasela. Kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi amaJalimane alandela inqubomgomo "eshisiwe yomhlaba" ngesikhathi sokuhlehla.
Umqondo "womhlaba oshisiwe" kufanele uqondwe njengendlela yokulwa impi, lapho amasosha ahlehlayo enza ukubhujiswa okuphelele kwazo zonke izinqolobane ezibalulekile zesitha (ukudla, uphethiloli, njll.), Kanye nanoma yiziphi izimboni, ezolimo, izinto ezingekho emphakathini ukuze zivinjelwe ukusetshenziswa ngokuqhubekisela phambili izitha.
Ukulahleka kwamaqembu
Ngasohlangothini lwe-USSR:
- abangaphezu kuka-254,400 babulawa, bathunjwa futhi baduka;
- bangaphezu kuka-608 800 abalimele nabagulayo;
- Amathangi angama-6064 nezibhamu ezizishintshayo;
- Izindiza zamasosha eziyi-1,626.
Kusuka eMbusweni Wesithathu:
- Ngokusho kwemininingwane yaseJalimane - abangu-103 600 babulawa futhi balahlekile, abangaphezu kuka-433,900 balimala;
- Ngokuya ngemininingwane yaseSoviet, kube nokulahleka okuphelele okungama-500,000 kwababalulekile baseKursk, cishe amathangi angama-2 900 nezindiza okungenani eziyi-1,696 ezacekeleka phansi.