 Nokusimbisazve rutivi rwakabatana kurutivi rworuboshwe rweArmy Group South, 4th Panzer Army ne8th Army vakanga, kwechinguva chiduku, vakadzvinyirira kurwisa kweSoviet, asi kuchamhembe nokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kurova kutsva kwakanga kwatoitwa kana kuti kwakanga kuri kuitwa. Vachishandisa mhedzisiro inoparadzanisa iyo yakaratidza kudenha kwavo, Hondo Tsvuku, yakavhiringidzwa mune imwe nzvimbo, yakanga yatamira kune dzimwe. Kwenguva yokutanga muhondo yacho vaiva nechisarudzo chakakwana chokuronga hondo, uye vakachishandisa zvakanaka. Kukundikana kwechiGermany pakurwisa muHondo yeKursk kwakareva kuti vaGermany vakarasikirwa zvachose nechinangwa chezvirongwa paEastern Front, kunyange zvazvo Hitler akaramba kuzvibvuma. Kurasikirwa kukuru kwevanhu veWehrmacht muna Chikunguru naNyamavhuvhu 1943 kwakadzora zvakanyanya mauto eSouth neCentre kuti apindure kune ramangwana rekusunda munguva yechando na1944. Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev, pamwe chete neOperation Kutuzovkwakaratidzira nguva yokutanga muhondo iyo vaGermany vakanga vasingakwanisi kukurira kudenha kukuru kweSoviet mukati mezhizha ndokudzorera nzvimbo yavo yakarasika uye chirongwa chetsika. 