Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1943, Stalin akabvuma kudana kwavakuru vake vehondo kwokuti Soviet Union itore chimiro chokudzivirira nemhaka yokurasikirwa kunonyadzisa pashure peStalingrad, kushayikwa kwemari yokushandisa nokuda kwematanho okurwisa uye kufungidzira kuti vaGermany vaizopedzisira varwisa bulge iri pamberi peSoviet paKursk zvokuti gadziriro dzokudzivirira ikoko dzaizoshandisa zvinhu nenzira inobudirira zvikuru. VaGermany vakaedza kudenha Kursk
, iyo yakabudirira kudzoserwa nemaSoviet mushure mekunge Hitler abvisa kurwisa, muchidimbu, nekuda kwekupinda kweAllied kweSicily, kunyangwe maSoviet akatambura vanhu vanopfuura zviuru mazana masere. Kursk yakaratidzawo mavambo enguva umo Stalin akava anodisa zvikuru kuteerera zano ravakuru vake.