Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An fara shirin kai hare-haren na Jamus, mai suna "Operation Citadel", a watan Mayu amma an jinkirta kai harin sau da yawa don kawo sabbin kayan aikin Panzer da ke dauke da Tiger I da Panther tankuna da sabbin bindigogin su. Wadannan jinkiri sun ba da damar yin shirye-shiryen Soviet har ma mafi girma. Ba sai a farkon watan Yuli ne Wehrmacht
An fara ayyukan a cikin Kursk salient.