About the book: 2015 / 50 days the greatest battle of Soviet troops with Nazi troops on the Kursk Bulge lasted . In the battles near Kursk, our troops showed exceptional courage, mass heroism and military skill. This battle ended in victory for the Red Army, which defeated 30 selected German divisions, including 7 tank divisions. The enemy divisions lost more than half of their strength. The total losses of enemy troops during this time amounted to more than 500 thousand people, about 1,500 tanks, including a large number of Tigers, Panthers, 3 thousand guns and a large number of aircraft. The fascist leadership could no longer make up for its losses with any all-out measures. During the retreat from the territory of the USSR, the Wehrmacht pursued a “scorched earth” policy. The outstanding victory of Soviet troops near Kursk demonstrated the increased power of the Soviet state and its armed forces. This victory was forged at the front and in the rear through the efforts of all Soviet people. The victory of the Red Army at Kursk, Orel and Kharkov was greatly facilitated by the partisans operating behind enemy lines. They waged a particularly large “rail war” in Belarus, the Smolensk, Oryol regions and the Dnieper region. After the end of the Battle of Kursk, the strategic initiative finally passed to the side of the Red Army. In the fourteenth book of the Chronicle of Victory “The Great Battle of Kursk (01.08.1943 - 22.09.1943). Part two" included: Oryol, Belgorod-Kharkov, Smolensk, Donbass, Chernigov-Pripyat, Bryansk and Novorossiysk-Taman offensive operations. The book includes daily sections: military operations in other theaters of the Second World War; on the labor front; Let's remember how it was; the role of the Allies in World War II; historical facts of World War II from different countries; from archival materials and documents of the current day (directives, orders, decrees of the Supreme High Command, correspondence of Stalin with Churchill and Roosevelt, the situation in Leningrad, reports of the Sovinformburo, etc.) and 477 illustrations (photos, maps of military operations, posters, etc. .).It also included many bright heroic episodes, interesting memories of war correspondents, military leaders, officers, soldiers, both Soviet and Wehrmacht, and their letters. The publication is intended for historians, researchers, military personnel of the Russian Federation, the younger generation and a wide range of readers.