What exactly was the main reason for the defeat of the German army at the Battle of Kursk?

Before Kursk, the German offensive could be terminated, the campaign could be lost, but the blitzkrieg itself (the assault at the beginning of the campaign) was 100% successful. In the past, there were fundamental mistakes at the tactical level of the Soviet army, and the number of troops invested in the early stage of the campaign was almost proportional to the losses, and it had nothing to do with **, the comparison of forces, and the specific command. The Kursk itself is also a Soviet experiment that contains two years of Soviet combat experience, some of which were presented only a month ago.

At that time, ** said in advance that the outcome of the defeat of the campaign was acceptable. For the Germans, there was something strategically important about the castle operation, but there was nothing wrong with the tactical act of assault itself. But this iron is broken.

Some people say that Hitler commanded out of order, some say that Manstein was dazed, these are not the reasons, just like a soldier, his achievements of course depend on his skill and luck, but if he has a gun that does not go off or no gun at all, what is the point of talking about the human factor? <>

War is always risky, and the offensive plan cannot be changed at will. It was as uncomfortable as the Soviets attacked the Germans. Kursk is a decisive battle.

The Soviets and the Germans all hurt. Moder did not play well on the northern front, and Manshuai on the southern front deserved to be the nemesis of the peerless Soviet army. The steppe front army that fought was also dispatched.

The battle ratio is 1:5. Kursk is like Mars hitting the Earth, beating the Suddu Mon circle.

Stalin could not stand it and urged the allies to land. If Hitler had been wise, he should have put all his possessions on the Eastern Front, including his precious and pitiful air force being consumed by the American and British air forces. After the Allied landing, Hitler drew the elite of the SS on the Eastern Front to the Western Front to fight his Ardennes campaign.

So in the eyes of the United States and Britain, Ardennes is the turning point. The main force was drawn on the Eastern Front, which made the Soviet nemesis Man Shuai disheartened. Frankly speaking, after the US military entered the war, it was impossible for the Western Front to win at all, and there may be hope for life if the Western Front gave up the Western Front and went all out to the east.

Ardennes was also in a hurry, and the U.S. military played with his life.

It was mainly the British landing in Sicily, Italy, which led Hitler to send reserves to support.

The Battle of Kursk, the German army is still the German army, only new tanks have been added, and the Soviet army is no longer the Soviet army in the early stage of the war, the Soviet army command accurately judged the German army's campaign intentions, and made a lot of preparations in advance, so that the German army's offensive completely lost its suddenness, the German army command still formulated the German army's campaign plan according to the Soviet army's combat effectiveness at the beginning of the war, and strategically lost a move first, although the German army used tactical advantages to make local progress after the war, but it was never able to achieve a breakthrough in the campaign, In the end, under the counterattack of the strong reserves of the Soviet army, the battle of the fortress was completely defeated, and this result had long been expected by Soviet Marshal Zhukov, and the German general Moder had a premonition. It turned out that the defeat of Germany in World War II was a defeat of strategy, not tactics, and the same was true of Kursk.

The will to fight is not firm! Again, the suddenness of the battle is gone!

The Germans lacked enough reserves, and if there were enough strategic reserves, it was not certain who would win or lose.

The strength is inferior to the Soviet army, that's all.

Vegetable intelligence, the Germans even revealed what time to attack.

Due to the great bombing of the United States and Britain, as well as the amazing military production capacity of the United States.

The most important thing is to divide the troops, regardless of the Western Front, it will be much better. But there are no ifs, yes, assumptions, facts are facts.

I'm afraid you don't know how to count! Go and see for yourself how the number of soldiers, combat vehicles, and fighters on both sides compares.

Because the Soviet army is a fighting nation, they are very powerful, and they are very persevering, and they have a heart that does not admit defeat, so they can defeat Germany.

The main reason is that in this World War II battle, the strength of the Soviet army in all aspects was also very strong, and the ideas at that time had already influenced many soldiers, and the influence of this thought was very positive.

I think it's mainly because the Soviet military is relatively strong, and at the same time, the German military leaders also have the problem of improper command.

Clause.

First, the Soviet side has long obtained the strategic deployment of the German army. and leopard-style data. I have to say that the underground party of socialism is indeed powerful

Clause. Second, the German tank was used incorrectly. Kursk this battle. It's not the countervailing of firepower, it's maneuver and air supremacy. The main battle tank should not be a Tiger, it should be a Panther.

Clause. 3. The Battle of Kursk. The Soviets prepared for a long time. The line of defense is consolidated. It takes time to deploy mechanized! Germany, on the other hand, rushed to the war. This place suffered a big loss.

Clause. Fourth, the overall deployment. Attacking Kursk would be a big mistake. The defense of this terrain favored the use of Katyusha rocket artillery.

Clause. 5. The front commander believed that the campaign should be launched early while the Soviet army was not well prepared, but the Führer did not consider it necessary.

Clause. Sixth, the German army had limited troops, and although it had a qualitative advantage, it could not make up for the quantitative inferiority.

It's going to fail.

From the beginning of the war, this plan was considered an adventure by many officers.

The fortress plan called for the Germans to be surrounded by Army Group North and Army Group South at the same time by flanking both flanks of the Soviet Kursk convex corner. However, the war was delayed due to the preparation time, and the Soviet army set up a three-tier defense line in the Boss Horn generation.

When the war ensued, the political situation in Italy changed dramatically. The Allied landing in Sicily was successful. Hitler was forced to transfer Army Group North, which was involved in the operation, to support Italy.

Manstein's Army Group South was left behind. Originally, Hitler intended to stop the fortress project. However, Manstein still had to fight, and finally stopped at the second line of defense of the Soviet army, and finally stopped the offensive due to insufficient ammunition and reserves.

A true portrayal of the contrast of strengths. Faced with the Soviet Union, which had absolute superiority in the number of troops and equipment, Germany was not at all an opponent of the Soviet Union in a war of attrition.

Comparison of forces.

German 780,900 soldiers.

2,928 tanks.

9,966 artillery pieces.

2,110 aircraft.

Soviet troops 1,910,361 combat personnel.

5,128 tanks.

25,013 guns.

2,792 aircraft.

I saw that the disparity in strength was the main reason, and the German army had been weakened a lot after such a long battle, and the battle line was too long, and the unintentional war was also a reason.

Kursk: An important source of Germany's defeat.

1. In Manstein's vision, the Battle of Kursk would begin in early May, and it was the constant delay of Lao Xi that prepared the Soviet army for the campaign, which led to the final defeat of the campaign;

2. During the critical period of the battle (interesting "critical period"), Lao Xi transferred the 2nd SS Panzer Corps, the most elite of Army Group South, which caused Manstein to fall short due to insufficient troops and weak attack;

3. This is the most bizarre point of view, those who hold this point of view believe that the losses of the German army in the Battle of Kursk are much smaller than those of the Soviet army, so the real winner of the Battle of Kursk is the German army, and the only reason why the German army is "undefeated and defeated" is - "history is written by the victors"!

Because the German Tiger tank at that time was already very slow due to its heavy armor, its mobility was far less than that of the Soviet T-34 medium tank. So the final battle turned into a pack of wolves fighting tigers, and the Soviets seized on this weakness of the Tiger tank to win.

Although Germany's equipment is very sophisticated, the war can be won not only by equipment, but also by strategy, and the German army will lose.

Tactically, in fact, the German army won, and the Soviet army ** was several times larger than the German army. However, the German army lost strategically, and was forced to drag from the war of annihilation, which the German army was good at, to a war of attrition, which the German army could not afford.

In the Battle of Kursk, the German army was still the same German army, only new tanks were added, and the Soviet army was no longer the Soviet army at the beginning of the war, and the Soviet high command accurately judged the German army's campaign intentions and made a lot of preparations in advance, so that the German offensive completely lost its suddenness.

Had it not been for Patton's landing in Sicily, the Soviets would have been forced to fight a battle for the defense of Moscow. Manstein had already broken through all Soviet defenses. At the final moment, a full 3 tank divisions were withdrawn.

It has to be said that Ferdinand, who was considered inferior, did a hundredfold damage to the Soviets.

There were major mistakes in the German conception of the battle in the Battle of Kursk, and at the same time, the commander's subjective consciousness seriously underestimated the enemy.

Because the German heavy Tiger tank was too inflexible, its mobility was far inferior to that of the Soviet T-34 medium tank, and it was often only beaten on the battlefield.

Although on the surface it appeared that the Germans were the more promising side, in reality the German rout was reasonable, and the Germans were flawed.

If Britain and the United States were allies of Germany, and Japan and Italy were allies of the Soviet Union, do you think Germany would have won the Battle of Kursk?

The purpose of Kursk was to weaken the frontal enemy, in fact, the strategic goal of the German army had been achieved, Stalin threatened the allies to open a second front or negotiate, so the American troops landed in Sicily.

The German heavy ** marched too slowly, and was not as agile as the Soviet medium tanks, so it was seized by the USSR on its weakness.

Although Germany had a heavy ** at that time, in fact, the war was not so simple, and it was not possible to decide the outcome by relying on the strength or weakness alone.

In fact, Germany won the war, but it was only when the Allied forces landed in Normandy and opened up the Western Front that Germany took the initiative to withdraw.

They have already broken through the last line of defense of the Soviet army, and it is not the most critical time, so send elite troops to rescue pig teammate Italy!

Because the Soviet Union received a steady stream of American aid, Germany received an endless stream of American bombing.

Soviet tanks T34 were thousands a month, and Germany had 900 a year, and their performance was not as good as T34 for real combat.

Because they didn't blow as badly, they couldn't win a dozen or two, let alone a dozen or three.

Manstein, due to his lack of adaptability, did not know how to change the plan in time when he knew that the combat intention had been completely exposed, or stepped into the trap of the Soviet army according to the original plan. Manstein commanded a small group of troops to fight with great success, but once he commanded a large corps to fight, he was confused.

The participation of the Tiger tank in the war deprived the German army of the ability to fight in mobile combat, and the Tiger was only suitable for fixed-point defense, and it was difficult to adapt to even mobile defense, let alone mobile attack. The firepower and mobility of the Tiger and the IS2 armor are similar, but the IS2 is disliked by the Soviet army, while the Tiger is regarded as an artifact by Germany, and the difference can be imagined.

At that time, the German army was not equipped to annihilate the Soviet army group.

If you look only at the losses, Germany is not defeated. Looking at the purpose of the campaign, Germany was defeated.

It's not a failure, it's a strategic transformation.

The USSR had a strong strategic reserve.

It's just that a good tiger can't stand a pack of wolves.

At the end of the strong crossbow, you can't enter Lu Min.

The wind is declining, and it can't raise feathers.

The Germans are out of gas, the Germans are out of gas.

The truth that tigers are hard to defeat wolves.

It's like you have 1,000 tanks and 4,000 people, and if you don't die this time, you lose, and next time you can continue to scare you with this amount. This is where the British and American materials are awesome, and the Soviet Union only needs to produce vigorously.

The Germans won every day, won every battle, and then lost the battle? ～

No, with the strength of Germany at that time, under the condition that the number of troops and technical equipment was at a disadvantage, and when the intelligence was leaked, it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to take the initiative to attack the fortified area that Mao Zi had prepared for a long time.

At that time, the only hope of the Germans was that Maozi would attack first, and on the front of the ** Army Group, Kruger, a master of defense, had already built a continuous defensive position, and if Maozi took the initiative to attack, he would definitely not be able to gnaw them.

And on the southern front, if Maozi takes the initiative to attack, Manstein will just give full play to his expertise in mobile warfare and perform another Kharkov miracle.

It is a pity that the rash attack, and it was a storm, but the artillery and aviation could not destroy Maozi's defense, and could only throw tank troops prematurely, which led to early exhaustion in the north and turned to the defense.

Although the southern front was full of six outfits and enough to choke, it was a pity that the sustained strength was insufficient, and the Allied troops had to be dispatched to the rescue because of the landing of the Allied forces in Italy.

Only tactical victories can be obtained.

The biggest loss in the Battle of Kursk was the exhaustion of Germany's elite mobile forces, looking at the many major battles on the Eastern Front in the future, Germany's elite fought less and less, resulting in worse and worse combat effectiveness in the later period.

The Battle of Kursk was a major blow to the morale of the German army and the commander-in-chief, before which the Wehrmacht had never failed at the range of a tactical assault, all defeats occurred 200 kilometers from the point of departure, and mostly in the cold winter. The Battle of Kursk completely ended the myth that "the Soviets attacked in winter, and the Germans attacked in summer", which led to the collapse of German morale; In this battle, more than 200,000 German troops were destroyed, and more than 1,000 tanks and self-propelled guns were destroyed, and the new "Tiger-1", "Panther" tanks and "Ferdinand" self-propelled guns failed to save the tide of the war despite their large-scale participation in the battle, and they themselves also suffered huge losses, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the elite armored units of the German army.