 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kubvumbi naMay 1942, STAVKA yakatanga kuumba huwandu hwemauto gumi matsva-akabatanidzwa mauto ekugadzirira kurwisa kweGerman kwezhizha kunotarisirwa. STAVKA yaikarira kuti izvi zvaizotungamirirwa kuMoscow, nepo zvirongwa zveGermany zvakanga zviri, chaizvoizvo, zvokusundira kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Musi waChikunguru 2, mushure mekurasikirwa kukuru kumadokero, 3rd Reserve Army yakaburitswa kuti itore nzvimbo kuchamhembe kweVoronezh. Mauto akanga ari pasi pomutungamiriri weLt. Gen. M.A. Antoniuk. Pakasvika 5 July, vakuru vakuru veSoviet vakafunga kuti kurwisa kutsva kweGermany kwakanga kuri kutanga kwokufambira mberi kuMoscow, asi nokukurumidza pashure pacho vakanzwisisa vavariro yechokwadi. 3rd Reserve Army yakatungamirirwa kuti iendeswe kuVoronezh Front, munzvimbo dzakapoteredza guta iroro rakafanana, uye rakatumidzwa zita re60th Army musi waJuly 10. Panguva iyoyo marongerwo ehondo dzayo akanga ari anotevera: 