Kammala wannan jumla: Yaƙe-yaƙe na yau da kullun bai taɓa ba Hitler damar gina ajiyar da ta isa ta sake samun rinjaye a gabas ba. Yin amfani da tasirin tasirin da ya nuna alamun hare-haren ta, Red Army, wanda aka hana shi a wani wuri, ya canza zuwa wasu. A karo na farko a cikin yaƙin yana da cikakkiyar dabarun dabarun, kuma ya kama shi da kishi ba tare da la'akari da tattalin arziƙin ƙoƙari ba, ƙwarewar dabaru, ko haɗarin wuce gona da iri. Rashin nasarar
"Zitadel" ya yanke wa 'yan Jamus hukuncin rasa aikin da aka yi a Gabas ta Gabas ba tare da wani bege na sake dawowa ba, kodayake Hitler ya kasance ba a sani ba ko kuma ba ya son sanin wannan gaskiyar. Babban asarar da aka yi wa Jamus a cikin watan Yuli da Agusta sun kasance mummunan rauni kuma sun bar rundunonin Army Group Kudu da Tsakiya ba su da karfi don yin wani abu sai dai jinkirta abin da ba zai yiwu ba. Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev ya nuna karo na farko a cikin yaƙin da Jamusawa ba su iya kayar da babban harin Soviet ba a cikin watannin bazara da kuma dawo da yankin da suka rasa da kuma dabarun da suka dace.