Battle of Kursk The counteroffensive left a salient extending into the German area of control, centered on the city of Kursk. The heavy losses sustained by the Heer (army) since the opening of Operation Barbarossa had resulted in a shortage in infantry and artillery. Units were in total 470,000 men understrength. For the Wehrmacht to undertake an offensive in 1943 the burden of the offensive, in both attacking the Soviet defenses and holding ground on the flanks of the advance, would have to be carried primarily by the panzer divisions. In view of the exposed position of Army Group South, Manstein proposed that
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII team loses tickets when its members are killed, but also when the other team holds a majority of the capture points on a map.) Even more so than in "Battlefield 1942," the weapons in "Secret Weapons of WWII" are designed to be used in unison with other weapons in order to compensate for weaknesses and maximize strengths. A gameplay mode introduced in "Secret Weapons of WWII" is an objective-based mode in which players focus on accomplishing specific objectives in order to win the battle. For example, on Essen, the German forces must prevent Allied forces from destroying key portions of