Battle of Kursk raw decrypts directly to Moscow. Cairncross also provided Soviet intelligence with identifications of the Luftwaffe airfields in the region. Soviet politician Anastas Mikoyan wrote that on 27 March 1943, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin notified him of a possible German attack in the Kursk sector. Stalin and some senior officers were eager to strike first once the rasputitsa ended, but a number of key officers, including Deputy Supreme Commander Georgiy Zhukov, recommended a strategic defensive before going on the offensive. In a letter to the "Stavka" and Stalin, on 8 April, Zhukov wrote: Stalin consulted with his frontline commanders and senior
Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket Gamer US"s 2003 "Best Turn-Based Strategy Game" award, although it lost to "". The editors called it "the new 'big dog' of the hex-based wargame genre". 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