The conflicts on the Eastern Front of World War II were bloody and brutal. By 1943, the German army had lost millions of soldiers in Russia and resorted to using aging conscripts from World War I and ...

Students of military history know the battle of Kursk in 1943 as the largest-ever clash of armoured forces – a battle that would prove a vital turning point in the defeat of Nazi Germany. It was a ...

A year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lavish gala concert to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, which saw the Soviet army drive out Nazi Germany's forces, hailing ...

"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." --Ecclesiastes Kursk has seen this sort of thing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Putin and his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Photo: Getty Images The Vladimir Putin administration has spent nearly three ...

At Kursk in 1943—the largest tank battle in history—Germany unleashed its fearsome Tiger tanks in full force. Outnumbered but ruthless, German units inflicted catastrophic losses on Soviet armor, ...

In the summer of 1943, the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army clashed in the Battle of Kursk—the largest tank battle in history. This decisive confrontation saw thousands of armored vehicles, ...