Cika wannan jumla:
Yaƙin Kursk ya fara ne a ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1943 Rundunar Sojoji ta 6 tana cikin Voronezh Front, tana kare gefen kudu na salient, kuma Rundunar Sojoji ta 90 tana cikin sashi na biyu na Sojojin ta, ta haƙa a bayan kwarin kogin Pena don kare mafi kusantar kusurwar hare-haren Jamus zuwa Oboyan. Bayan yaƙin rana ta farko, wanda a lokacin da XXXXVIII Panzer Corps da wani ɓangare na II SS Panzer Corps suka lalata kuma suka tilasta wa rundunar sojojin ta farko, Janar N.F. Vatutin, kwamandan gaba, ya umarci rundunar Tank Army ta 1 da ta goyi bayan rundunar ta biyu. A cikin dare, 6th Tank Corps ya goyi bayan hagu da tsakiya na sashen, yayin da 3rd Mechanized Corps kuma ya ci gaba da goyon baya. Wadannan ƙarfafawa suna da mahimmanci, saboda 90th Guards sun fara yakin da ba su da karfi, sun ba da bindigogi na bindigogi da kuma wani ɓangare na bindigogi zuwa na farko.