Was Kursk the turning point of World War II?

The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in the Second World War. This time, Germany's crazy attack was crushed on a large scale for the first time, and the Germans lost the strategic initiative in the Soviet-German battlefield.

Kursk can be said to be the turning point of the Soviet-German battlefield. Soviet troops wiped out Germany's proudest tank troops, and the Germans lost nearly 500,000 people, 1500 tanks, more than 3,500 combat planes and more than 3,000 artillery pieces. These heavy losses made the German army completely turn to strategic defense in the Soviet-German battlefield. Although the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses, the initiative of the Soviet-German battlefield was completely transferred to the Soviet Union. Former West German historian Glitz commented: "The Kursk Congress is the beginning of a fatal crisis for the Germans."