Battle of Kursk

**Battle of Kursk** is the fifth mission on the Allied Powers side of the European Theatre in World Conqueror 4. It is preceded by the Sicily Campaign and is followed by the Battle of Kiev.

## Overview:

### Briefing:

"The Command has received intelligence that the Germans have assembled a large number of artillery and tanks and they are about to launch a large-scale attack on us. There is no doubt that this campaign will affect the situation in the future. This is a great test for you. We must win for our dear motherland!" - Zhukov

### Objective:

Normal Mode: Hold one city and capture three unnamed German cities in 24 turns.

Hard Mode: Hold one city and capture three unnamed German cities in 30 turns.

### Generals:

#### Normal mode:

Player Generals:

* Up to 3 Generals

Allied Powers Generals:

* Konev
* Rokossovsky
* Vasilevsky
* Vatutin
* Zhukov

Axis Powers Generals:

* Guderian
* Greim
* Kluge
* Manstein
* Model

#### Hard mode:

Player Generals:

* Up to 6 Generals

Allied Powers Generals:

* Konev
* Rokossovsky
* Vasilevsky
* Vatutin
* Zhukov

Axis Powers Generals:

* Guderian
* Kluge
* Manstein
* Model
* Rundstedt

### Dialogue:

**Start of Mission:**

* Manstein: Combine attack of the northern and Southern wings and destroy the Soviet army in Kursk.
* Vatutin: Build up lines of defense, consume German armored forces, and wait for the perfect time to fight back.

**Guderian Defeated:**

* Zhukov: Attack! Destroy the enemy's armored forces and drive them home!

**Northern Objective Captured:**

* Rokossovsky: We have gained the air superiority in northern areas, and we will attack together with you.

### Events:

Guderian Defeated

* The morale of the player's units and the southeastern Soviet units increases by one point.

## Walkthrough:

The starting positions are shown in the picture (right).

### Normal mode:

Get your general on the heavy tank provided and start attacking Model. Watch out for Guderian, because he will attack and can destroy the defense at Kursk.

* **Tip: Make sure to put your strong troops on the north side and also make sure you spawn artillery on the south side so you can destroy the Armoured units. Once Guderian, Manstein and Model are defeated take over the key cities.**

### Point needed to be occupied to unlock skills:

In Normal mode, capturing the southwestern-most German city will unlock the ability to upgrade a general's Armor.

In Hard mode, capturing the southwestern-most German city will unlock the Armoured Assault skill.

## References

* This scenario is based on the Battle of Kursk, a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 kilometres or 280 miles south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943.
* The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel on 5 July, which had the objective of cutting off the Kursk salient with simultaneous attacks from the north and south. On 12 July, after the German offensive stalled, the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation, with the launch of Operation Kutuzov against the rear of the German forces on the same side. On the southern side, the Soviets also launched counterattacks the same day, one of which led to a large armoured clash.