Developments on the Eastern Front also aided the success of
the invasion. In early 1943 the Russians destroyed a German army at Stalingrad.
The Germans tried to regain the initiative in the summer of 1943, attacking a
Soviet-held salient near the Russian city of Kursk. In the largest tank battle
known to history, they suffered a resounding defeat. Henceforth, they remained
on the defensive, in constant retreat, while the Soviets advanced westward,
retaking major portions of the Ukraine and White Russia during the fall and
winter and launching an offensive around Leningrad in January 1944. By March
1944 Soviet forces had reentered Polish territory, and a Soviet summer offensive
had prevented the Germans from transferring troops to France.
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