Battle of Kursk of the offensive. July and August 1943 saw the heaviest German ammunition expenditure on the Eastern Front up to that point, with 236,915 tons consumed in July and 254,648 in August. The previous peak had been 160,645 tons in September 1942. The Red Army used two Fronts for the defence of Kursk, and created a third front behind the battle area which was held as a reserve. The Central and Voronezh Fronts fielded 12 armies, with 711,575 men (510,983 combat soldiers) and 625,591 men (446,236 combat soldiers) respectively. In reserve, the Steppe Front had an additional 573,195 men (449,133). Thus
Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by the Strategic Studies Group (SSG). The game depicts the historical World War II battle of the Korsun Pocket. The game is part of the Decisive Battles of World War II series and was released on August 25, 2003. In December 2003, SSG released an expansion pack for Korsun Pocket called "Across the Dnepr", referring to the Dnieper River in Ukraine. The expansion pack is only available via a download from the Matrix Games website. In "PC Gamer US", William R.