Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1943, Stalin akabvuma zvaakanga akumbirwa nemachinda ake kuti Soviet Union itange kuzvidzivirira pamusana pokurasikirwa kukuru pashure peStalingrad, kushayikwa kwezvinhu zvokuzvidzivirira pakurwisa uye kufungidzira kuti vaGermany vaizopedzisira varwisa nzvimbo yakakura yaiva pamberi peSoviet paKursk zvokuti kugadzirira kuzvidzivirira ikoko kwaizoshandisa zvinhu zvakanaka. VaGerman vakadaro
vakaedza kurwisa Kursk, iyo yakabudirira kudzoswa nemaSoviet mushure mekunge Hitler abvisa kurwisa, muchidimbu, nekuda kwekupinda kweAllied muSicily, kunyange zvazvo maSoviet akatambura kurasikirwa kwevanopfuura 800,000. Kursk yakaratidzawo mavambo enguva umo Stalin akava anodisa zvikuru kuteerera zano ravakuru vake.