Belgorod occupied Belgorod from 25 October 1941 to 9 February 1943. The Germans re-captured it on 18 March 1943 in the final move of the Third Battle of Kharkov. On 12 July 1943, during the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in world history took place near Prokhorovka, and Red Army definitively retook the city on 5/6 August 1943. The Belgorod Diorama is one of the World War II monuments commemorating the event. In 1954 the city became the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast. From this time the rapid development of the city as a regional center began. Belgorod is
Italian Army in Russia Tridentina Division had led the final breakout assault at Nikolajewka. Many of the troops who managed to escape were frostbitten, critically ill, and deeply demoralized: for practical purposes, the Italian Army in Russia did not exist anymore by February 1943. Officially, ARMIR losses were 114,520 of the original 235,000 soldiers Armies with the Italian 8th Army and Army Group B at Stalingrad: Italian Army in Russia The Italian Army in Russia ("Armata Italiana in Russia", or ARMIR) was an army-sized unit of the Italian Royal Army ("Regio Esercito Italiano") which fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. The