Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yezhizha nematsutso 60th Army yaive yakabatikana mukuzvidzivirira kweVoronezh uye nzira dzayo. German 4th Panzer Army yakasvika kumucheto kweguta pana July 7 uye yakatanga kurwisana
kuchenesa vadziviriri varo veuto rechi40. Kurwiswazve kwakaitwa ne60th Army kwakadzora mauto aya echiGermany, zvichitungamirira mukurwisana mumigwagwa kwakafanana nezvakazoonekwa muStalingrad mwedzi mishomanana gare gare. MaPantzer akazorodzwa neuto re6th Army, uye kurwa kwakaramba kuchienderera kusvika musi wa24 Chikunguru apo vadziviriri vekupedzisira veSoviet vakabviswa kubva kumahombekombe ekumadokero eguta. Mauto akaramba achiongorora mberi kweGermany mumasvondo anotevera mukuedza kutsausa mauto emuvengi kubva mukurwisana muStalingrad; izvi zvakadhura kurasikirwa kukuru muvarume nemidziyo uye zvikamu zvakati wandei zvaifanira kutorwa kunze kwemutsara wekuvakazve.