Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika November 1942, vaSoviet vakanga vatanga kudzorera kumashure hondo inokosha yeGermany yokumaodzanyemba uye, kunyange zvazvo paiva nevakafa veSoviet vane mamiriyoni 2,5 mukuedza ikoko, kwakabvumira vaSoviet kutora chiito chokurwisa kwechikamu chikuru chehondo yose yakasara paEastern Front. Jerimani yakaedza kurwisa Kursk
, iyo yakabudirira kurambwa navaSoviet. Pakupera kwa1943, vaSoviet vakanga vatora hafu yenzvimbo dzakanga dzatorwa nevaGermany pakati pa1941 na1942. Kubudiswa kwezvinhu zveindasitiri yechiuto yeSoviet kwakanga kwakawedzerawo zvikuru kubva mukupera kwa1941 kusvika pakutanga kwa1943 pashure pokunge Stalin atamisa mafekitari kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yairwiwa hondo, akachengeteka pakupinda kweGermany nokurwiswa nendege.