Battle of Kursk order of battle Battle of Kursk order of battle The Battle of Kursk order of battle is a list of the significant units that fought in the Battle of Kursk between July and August 1943. Units smaller than division size and Soviet aviation divisions are not shown in this order of battle. The following units were included in the Western Front, commanded by Colonel General Vasily Sokolovsky. The 50th Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Ivan Boldin and included the following units. The 11th Guards Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Ivan Bagramyan, and included the following units. The 1st Air Army, commanded
Battle of Kursk Kursk salient, along with the 36th Motorized Infantry, 18th Panzer and 20th Panzer Divisions were redeployed to face the Soviet spearheads. At around 04:00 on 5 July, the German attack commenced with a preliminary bombardment. Manstein's main attack was delivered by Hoth's 4th Panzer Army, which was organized into densely concentrated spearheads. Opposing the 4th Panzer Army was the Soviet 6th Guards Army, which was composed of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps and 23rd Guards Rifle Corps. The Soviets had constructed three heavily fortified defensive belts to slow and weaken the attacking armoured forces. Though they had been provided superb