Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna February 1943 boka racho rakaendeswa kuEastern Front sechikamu cheErich von Manstein's Army Group South. The weboka, sechikamu SS-"Obergruppenführer" Paul Hausser kuti II SS Panzer Corps, vakatora chikamu Third Battle pamusoro Kharkov, blunting Soviet kurwisa. Mukati meiyi nhimbe, Theodor Eicke akaurawa apo ndege yake yokucherechedza yakapfurwa. Hermann Priess akatsiva Eicke semutungamiriri. SS Panzer Corps, kubatanidza divi, yakabva yaendeswa kuchamhembe kunotora chikamu mu
Operation Citadel, kurwisa kwakanangana nokuderedza Kursk salient. Kwakanga kuri mukati maFebruary 1943 kuti 3rd SS Panzer Regiment yakagamuchira kambani yeTiger I matangi anorema.