 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1943, Hoths 4th Panzer Army yakabatanidzwa mukurwisa mauto eSoviet aifambira mberi munharaunda yeDonbass. Basa racho rakagadzirirwa nokukurumidza uye harina kupiwa zita. Yakazozivikanwa seHondo yechitatu yeKharkov, yakatanga musi wa 21 Kukadzi, apo 4th Panzer Army yakatanga kurwisa. Mauto eGermany akacheka misoro yemapfumo yeSoviet uye akaenderera mberi nekuenda kuchamhembe, achitorazve Kharkov musi wa15 Kurume uye Belgorod musi wa18 Kurume. Kuneta kwevaviri veWehrmacht neRed Army pamwe nekurasikirwa kwekufamba nekuda kwekutanga kwematsutso rasputitsa kwakakonzera kumiswa kwekuita kwemativi ese ari maviri pakati paKurume. Kurwisa kwakasiya nzvimbo yakakura ichipinda munzvimbo yaidzorwa neGerman, yakatenderedza guta reKursk, uye ichitungamira kuOperation Citadel. 