Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda yakin Kursk
An fara ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1943, Rundunar Sojoji ta 6 ta kasance a Voronezh Front, tana kare kudancin kudancin, kuma 90th Guards yana cikin sashi na biyu na Sojojinsa, wanda aka haƙa a bayan kwarin kogin Pena don kare mafi kusantar da Jamus. 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.