 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvakadaro, mirairo yaStalin yakamira. Vakamanikidzwa kuita chiito chisati chatanga, Red Army yakakwanisa kuunganidza masimba akakwana kuti iite kupinda kwakamanikana yakananga kuKharkov. Zvisinei, yakanga yaneta uye ichirwisana nomuvengi akanga achidzokera kumashure. Kushaikwa kwemabasa okutsausa kwakabvumira Mauto eGermany kuti azive njodzi, kuunganidza masimba ane simba, uye kutumira zvigadziro zvakakwana kuKharkov. Nemativi euto reRed Army akafumurwa, vaGermany vakanyatsobata nzvimbo yacho uye vakaparadza mauto akawanda eSoviet muHondo yechitatu yeKharkov. 