Apo Mickl akatora murairo, 11th Panzer Division yakanga isati yapedza kuvakazve pashure pokunge yatambura kurasikirwa kwakakomba mukati mekuedza kubatsirwa kweStalingrad muna December 1942 uye mukati mehondo yechitatu yeKharkov muna February naMarch 1943. The 11th Panzer Division akaumba chikamu "General der Panzertruppe" Otto von Knobelsdorff kuti XLVIII Panzer Corps pasi oparesheni kuzvidzora "Generaloberst" Hermann Hoth kuti 4th Panzer Army, iro pacharo yaiva chikamu "Generalfeldmarschall" Erich von Manstein kuti Army Group South. Kusati kwatanga Operation Citadel
vachinanga kuSoviet salient paKursk, XLVIII Panzer Corps yakakamurwa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwemutsara pakati peBhodukhov neAkhtirka.