 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kuzvipira kweGerman kuStalingrad, mauto aRokossovsky akaendeswa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kuti ave Central Front nyowani mudunhu rakakomberedza Kursk. 65th Army yakashandisa mukana pakati pechiGerman Second Army isina kusimba neChipiri Panzer Army, asi yakamiswa nematsime rasputitsa, maGerman reserves akasunungurwa nekubviswa kwavo kweRzhev Salient, uye kupokana kweGermankumaodzanyemba kweKursk. Mauto e65 akazochera mukati memwedzi mitatu yekuzorora mukuita, akananga kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweKursk salient. 