Salient (military)
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A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. The salient is surrounded by the enemy on multiple sides, making the troops occupying the salient vulnera
German-occupied salient in the Ardennes on the eve of the Battle of the Bulge on December 15, 1944
Battle of Kursk
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The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russi
Salient (military)
…The Soviet Union held a massive, 150 km deep salient at Kursk that became a target of a Nazi German pincer formation attack, becoming the site of the largest tank battle in history and a decisive battle on the Eastern Front. The German Army launched a surprise attack against advancing Allied forces in the Ardennes (a…
Guderian being transported to the Eastern Front, 1943
A Raupenschlepper Ost, designed in response to the poor roads of Russia, moves materiel up shortly before the Kursk offensive.
Zhukov with Ivan Konev, commander of the Steppe Front, during the Battle of Kursk
Soviet sappers of the Central Front cutting barbed wire, June 1943