KURSK, Russia — Antonina and Anatoly Loginov squinted in the bright dawn light as they emerged from the basement that they’d been holed up in for weeks. They took in the shattered moonscape of their ...

In the summer of 1943, the Soviet city of Kursk became the most important target in the war. The Germans were desperate to recapture it to stabilize their front, while the Russians went to ...

The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army ...