Battle of Kursk Campaign.Phase One.PvP Contest for Air Supremacy

DATE: 10/07/2022

TIME (GMT): 18:00

ERA: WW2

MAP(S): Staszow

TYPE: PvP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Aris for Brothers in Arms

SLOTS: 97 / 104

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RATING: (26)

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The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front engagement of Nazi and Red Army forces near Kursk in the southwestern USSR during late summer 1943; it ultimately became the largest tank battle in history.
The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel,with the objective of enveloping and destroying the Soviet forces in the Kursk salient by attacking and breaking through the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously.

On 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient.on 12 July the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Kutuzov against the rear of the German forces.
On the southern side, the Soviets also launched powerful counterattacks the same day, one of which led to a large armoured clash, the Battle of Prokhorovka. On 3 August, the Soviets began the second phase of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of  against the German forces on the southern side of the salient.

 

The two air forces are fighting for control of the air but also for the destruction of ground targets.
In this Battle which took place on the previous day of the Battle of Kursk the two armies will try to gain dominance in the air and then to destroy the enemy's airbase, its fuel reserves, but mainly to hit its tanks from the air.