Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokutanga kweOperation Blue, 4th Army uye Army Group Center yose haina kuona zvakawanda, sezvo mauto akaiswa kumaodzanyemba. Kubvira muna 1943, 4th Army yakanga yava kudzokera shure pamwe chete nemamwe mapoka eArmy Group Center. Hondo yeRed Army yematsutso a1943, Operation Suvorov (inozivikanwawo se "hondo yemigwagwa mikuru"), yakaona 4th Army ichidzoserwa kuOrsha. Pakati paOctober nevhiki yokutanga yaDecember, Western Front yakanga yaedza kanokwana kana ku
kutora Orsha uye akanga arohwa muhondo dzinotyisa neFourth Army.