Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1943 an shiga cikin Operation Citadel
(Yakin Kursk) da sakamakonsa, ya rasa yawancin ƙarfinsa a cikin jerin yaƙe-yaƙe masu ƙarfi a kusa da Orel; a watan Oktoba an jera shi a matsayin wanda aka sanya wa rundunar soja ta biyu kuma an rage shi zuwa matakin "Kampfgruppe".