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The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.
Moscow has ordered the closure of Poland’s Consulate in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in a tit-for-tat move as relations between the countries remain strained over a Warsaw fire that Poland ...
Pawel Wronski noted that in line with the Russian Foreign Ministry’s note, one Polish diplomat will have to leave Russia following the closure of the consulate general in Kaliningrad ...
The ministry explained this step by "the Polish side’s ungrounded and unfriendly actions as it reduced Russia’s consular presence in Poland under an invented pretext" ...
They called it a Panzer Army—but by 1945, it was a hollow name. With outdated tanks, green recruits, and patched-together infantry, Germany’s Fourth Panzer Army was no match for the storm about to hit ...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he’d reshuffle his government in July, defending his record in power as he sought to rally his ruling coalition ahead of a confidence vote in parliament.
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