 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kwemakore akawanda a1942 uye kutanga kwa1943, boka remauto reCentre rakarwa hondo dzakapoteredza Rzhev ichidzivirira kurwisa kweRed Army, inozivikanwa pamwe chete seHondo dzeRzhev. Mauto eSoviet akawana nzvimbo shomanene nokuda kwokurasikirwa kwawo, zvikurukuru muOperation Mars isina kubudiriraiyo yakatanga panguva imwe cheteyo seOperation Uranus, kukombwa kwemauto eGermany muHondo yeStalingrad. Mauto aKluge akanga achiri kupera uye pakutanga kwa1943, akawana mvumo yekubvisa 9th Army General Walter Model uye zvikamu zve4th Army General Gotthard Heinrici kubva pakakwirira. Operation Büffel yakabva yaona Wehrmacht ichisiya salient muzvikamu pakati pa 1 na 22 March 1943. Basa racho rakabvisa Rzhev salient ichipfupisa mitsetse yeGermany nemakiromita. Kubviswa kwacho kwaiperekedzwa nechisimba chakashata-nyika uye mushandirapamwe wekuchengetedza, zvichikonzera kuparadzwa kwakapararira, kuparadzwa kwemisha, kudzingwa kwevanhu vanokwanisa kuita basa rehuranda, uye kuurayiwa kwevagari vemo nemauto eWehrmacht pasi pe hondo yekurwisa. 