Kursk

Order of Battle

This page is the start point for the Order of Battle
The OB is presented at various "levels". Click on the relevant link for the high command structures. The page shows the German Army Groups and Russian Fronts (equivalent to an Army Group) existing at the time of the battle of Kursk. Clicking on any will take you on to the next level of the organisation.

And before any more Finns point it out - I know that their troops were NOT under German command. They are simply included here in order to complete the picture of the Eastern Front...

Please go through the detail below, and e-mail me with any comments - especially if you don't agree with the data !

AXIS		SOVIET
German High Command		Soviet High Command
Army Group	Commander	Front	Commander
Finnish Forces	Mannerheim
Army Group "Finland"		Karelian	Frolov
Army Group North	von Kuechler, George	Leningrad	Govorov
		Volkhov	Meretskov
		Northwestern	Konev, IS
		Kalinin	Yeremenko, AI
Army Group Centre	von Kluge, Guenther	Western	Sokolovsky, V
		Bryansk	Popov, MM
		Central	Rokossovsky, KK
Army Group South	von Manstein, Erich	Voronezh	Vatutin, NF
		Steppe	Konev, IS
		Southwestern	Malinovsky, RYa
Luftwaffe Forces	Air	Red Air Force	Air
Army Group A	Kleist, Ewald	Southern	Tolbukhin
		North Caucasus	Petrov
		Transcaucasus	Tyulenev
		STAVKA Reserve	Stalin, I
		Far Eastern	Purkaev
		Transbaikal	Kovalev
Army Group D (OB West)	von Rundstedt
		Independent Units
		Not in existence	Not in existence July 43