Cika wannan jumla: A lokacin farkon matakai na
Yaƙin Voronezh (1942), umarnin Bryansk Front ya zaɓi Rundunar Tank ta 5 a ƙarƙashin Manjo-Janar Lizyukov don shirya kai hari a gefen da kuma bayan sojojin Jamus da ke kan Voronezh. A ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1942, an umurci sojojin da su shiga cikin kogin Don a Voronezh. Ganin wuraren da aka warwatsa na rundunarsa da kuma jadawalin da aka tsara na umarni, Lizyukov ya fara motsi ba tare da iya mayar da hankali ga dakarunsa ba, amma ya aika da Rundunar Tank na 7 a ranar 6 ga Yuli, sannan sauran raka'a a ranar 7 da 10 ga Yuli, 1942. Bugu da ƙari, maimakon yankewa a gefen abokan gaba, rundunar sojojin ta 5 ta fuskanci 24th Panzer Division gaba, kamar yadda wannan rukunin ya koma kudu maimakon gabas bisa ga shirin Case Blue, kuma ba kamar yadda Stavka ya yi tsammani ba.