Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Bishii Febraayo 1943 qeybta waxaa dib loogu celiyay dhanka Bariga oo qayb ka ah Kooxda Ciidamada Koonfurta ee Erich von Manstein. Qaybta, iyada oo qayb ka ah SS-"Obergruppenführer" Paul Hausser's II SS Panzer Corps, waxay ka qayb qaadatay Dagaalkii Saddexaad ee Kharkov, iyagoo carqaladeeyay weerarkii Soofiyeeti. Intii lagu guda jiray ololahan, Theodor Eicke ayaa la dilay markii diyaaraddiisa lagu soo riday. Hermann Priess ayaa ku guuleystay Eicke oo ah taliyaha. SS Panzer Corps, oo ay ku jirto qeybta, ayaa markaa loo wareejiyay waqooyiga si ay uga qayb qaataan
Howlgalka Citadel, weerarka lagu yareynayo Kursk salient. Bishii Febraayo 1943 guutada 3aad ee SS Panzer Regiment waxay heshay shirkad Tiger I oo ah taangiyo culus.