Battle of kursk tanks wot
On the other hand, the objective of the Soviet commanders was to attack in ahead of Kharkov and Orel to erase out the first attackers and probably result in an outbreak at the Pripyat Marshes region.
After that, the commanders would then from the Kharkov turn south which was located at the Donets River which was on the eastern side and move towards Rostov so that they be in a position of trapping Red Army against the Sea of Azov in the wing that was placed in the southern. According to Manstein, he suggested that the Red Army should be tricked to attack the Sixth from the South Army that re-establishing itself desperately and lead them to the basin of Donets which was in eastern Ukraine. The Germans were guided on how they would attack Red Army offensive. The objectives of the German commanders were to eliminate the Salient with pincers breaking through its southern and northern flanks to help them shorten their lines and as well as enable them to achieve another encirclement of Red Army forces.