Herr general,

The whole of the Kursk Orel operations has ended in a clear victory for Germany. Seven Soviet infantry corpses and two armoured corpses were caught in the Kursk pocket and completely destroyed. Combined with the losses in fighting we estimate our own losses at 500.000 men, 1.000 panzers and 1.000 artillery pieces. Soviet losses are about 1.400.000 men, 5.000 panzers and 10.000 artillery, with a big part of the hardware going to our stores.

This victory means we might be able to retain our lines on this front for a year or so. Also it seems that our victory has put some heart into our Italian allies, however, the regime there is on the verge of collapse. It is necessary to transfer troops to Italy.
