Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1943, Stalin ya ba da kira ga janar dinsa don Tarayyar Soviet ta dauki matsayin kariya saboda rashin hasara bayan Stalingrad, rashin ajiyar kayan aiki don matakan kai hari da kuma hasashen cewa Jamus za ta iya kai hari a gaba a gaban Soviet a Kursk irin wannan cewa shirye-shiryen karewa a can zai fi dacewa amfani da albarkatu. 'Yan Jamus ne suka yi
wani yunkurin kai hari a Kursk, wanda Soviets suka yi nasara bayan Hitler ya soke harin, a wani bangare, saboda mamayewar Allied na Sicily, kodayake Soviets sun sha wahala fiye da 800,000. Kursk kuma ya nuna farkon lokacin da Stalin ya zama mai son sauraron shawarar janar dinsa.