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Why did the Germans suffer a defeat at Kursk in 1943

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The Soviets well-aware that an attack was coming decided to adopt a defensive strategy. The Stavka, the Soviet High Command, placed a huge number of men and equipment in the Oriel-Kursk region. Russian and Ukrainian civilians were conscripted to build defenses in the area. They laid hundreds of thousands of mines and dug miles of trenches and anti-tank traps. The Red Army also had a huge force of reserves under the command of Marshall Zhukov. They were to either reinforce any area where the Germans threatened to break through and also to launch a counterattack. The Germans had failed to take in the defensive preparations of the Soviets and they placed too much faith on their new weapons.<ref> Dunn, Walter, ''Kursk: Hitler's Gamble, 1943''(Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997), p. 115</ref>
 
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====Battle of Kursk====

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