Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutamisirwa kuArmy Group South, chikamu chakarwa kuti chibvise kuedza kweSoviet kudimbura 1st Panzer Army muCaucasus. Chikamu ichi chakadzora kufambira mberi kweSoviet paRostov, ichichengetedza nzira yekutiza ye1st Panzer Army. Yakaramba ichiita mabasa ayo pamitsetse yerwizi rwaDon neDonetz, uye muhondo yechitatu yeKharkov. Muzhizha ra1943, boka racho rakatora rutivi mukurwisa Kursk
, vachishanda sechikamu chemapoka ehondo eArmy Detachment Kempf sezvavakaedza kuvhara rutivi rwokumabvazuva rwekumaodzanyemba kweGermany. Boka racho rakarasikirwa zvikuru muhondo iyi, uye pakupera kwehondo boka racho rakaderera kusvika kumatangi gumi nemashanu uye raive nesimba rekurwa revarwi rakaenzana nemabhatiri matatu.