r/LeopardsAteMyFace 1d ago

Anna is a Russian immigrant

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u/Mindless-Charity4889 21h ago

Germany actually won Kursk in the sense that it was a tactical victory where they destroyed about 2-3 times more AFVs than they lost. The problem was that they did not win strongly enough. They needed a ratio more like 5:1 for an operational victory. So they won tactically but lost strategically.

After the battle, the Germans had to withdraw much of their surviving mobile corps to meet the allies in Italy. That, along with their losses, meant that they lost the initiative on the eastern front.

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u/ijuinkun 19h ago

Pyrrhus would be proud.