Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Hondo yeVoronezh (1942), kutungamira kweBryansk Front yakasarudza 5th Tank Army pasi peMajor-General Lizyukov kuronga kurwisa kumashure uye kumashure kwemauto eGerman achienda kuVoronezh. Musi wa5 Chikunguru 1942 uto rakarayirwa kuti rikurumidze kupfuurira kuRwizi rweDon paVoronezh. Tichifunga nezvekupararira kwenzvimbo dzechikwata chake uye purogiramu yakaoma yehurongwa, Lizyukov akatanga kufamba kwake asina kugona kuisa pfungwa dzake zvizere, asi akatumira 7th Tank Corps musi wa6 Chikunguru, ichiteverwa nemamwe mauniti musi wa7 na10 Chikunguru 1942. Mukuwedzera, pane kucheka mumativi evavengi, 5th Army yakatarisana ne24th Panzer Division mberi, sezvo chikwata ichi chakanga chaenda kumaodzanyemba panzvimbo yekumabvazuva maererano nekuronga kweCase Blue, uye kwete sezvakanga zvakatarisirwa neStavka.