Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakatumirwa kuRussia, divi racho rakakurumidza kupinda muhondo munzvimbo yekumaodzanyemba kweEastern Front neArmy Group South. Kubva muna April kusvika muna June 1942, isati yatanga Case Blue, yakanga ichishanda pedyo neKursk. Boka racho rakanga rabatanidzwa muHondo yeVoronezh
. Yakasungirirwa kuHungarian 2nd Army yakarwisana muhondo dzakapoteredza Don Bend apo Mauto eSoviet akatanga Operation Uranus nekurwisa kwayo kwakatevera. Yakatora kurasikirwa kukuru mukati menguva yaDecember 1942 kusvika kunaJanuary 1943. Mutungamiri weboka racho, Arno Jahr, akaurayiwa musi wa 20 January 1943.