Battle Of The Kursk Salient. The kursk salient is a bulge in the soviet lines that extended 150 kilometers west of kursk, they wanted to encircle and destroy the soviet forces within the salient. The concentration of panzer forces and infantry divisions around orel and kharkov hinted that these were the staging areas for the coming attack.

29 facts about the battle of kursk: G erman infantryman raimund rüffer would never forget the first day of hitler’s offensive toward the russian city of kursk.