Battle of Kursk guns and mortars. In 1943 an offensive by the Soviet Central, Bryansk and Western Fronts against Army Group Centre was abandoned shortly after it began in early March, when the southern flank of the Central Front was threatened by Army Group South. Soviet intelligence received information about German troop concentrations spotted at Orel and Kharkov, as well as details of an intended German offensive in the Kursk sector through the Lucy spy ring in Switzerland. The Soviets verified the intelligence via their spy in Britain, John Cairncross, at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, who clandestinely forwarded
WWII (album) Mother's Locket Trick," written with fellow outlaw Guy Clark. The Chips Moman/Bobby Emmons composition "May I Borrow Some Sugar from You" had appeared on Jennings' previous album "Black on Black", while "The Last Cowboy Song" would resurface three years later on the first Highwaymen album. Jennings and Nelson also cover the Tom T. Hall classic story song "The Year Clayton Delaney Died." Ultimately, "WWII" failed to have as major an impact as "Waylon & Willie", although it peaked at #3 on the "Billboard" country albums chart and #57 on the pop albums chart. WWII (album) WWII is a duet album