Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokukunda kweSoviet paStalingrad nokuparadzwa kweuto rechi6 reGermany, 13th Guards vanodzorerwazve kubva mumitsetse nokuda kwokugadziridzazve uye kugoverazve. Pamwe chete ne5th Guards Army (Voronezh Front), iro divi rakachengetwa kumaodzanyemba kweKursk, kuitira kuti rirwise kurwisa kweGerman kwaizouya ikoko <unk>
Basa rinonzi Citadel. Chinangwa chekutanga chaive chekuti maumbirwo maviri aya arwise maGerman mushure mekunge kurwisa kweGerman kwakadzikiswa nemitsara yepamberi maSoviet, asi maumbirwo ese ari maviri akazvipira kudzivirira mukana wekubuda. Mushure memazuva akati wandei ekuenderera mberi kwekurwa kwakasimba (kusanganisira hondo yetangi paProkhorovka, umo nhamba diki yezvikamu zve13th Rifles 'zvakapinda mairi), vakabudirira kumisikidza masangano eWaffen-SS kumira. Zvichakadaro, mabhatani evapfuti pa13 akabata mutsetse wakakomberedza Oboyan, achidzorera kurwiswa kubva mumakomba. Vanhu vashoma vakakuvadzwa nokuti vaGermany vakanga vachinyanya kufunga nezveProkhorovka panguva yavakanga vatama kubva kunzvimbo yokuchengetedza kumashure.