Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Ka rite ki te Pakanga o Kursk
I tiimata i te Hurae 5, 1943, ko te 6th Guards Army i te Voronezh Front, e tiaki ana i te taha tonga o te tohu, me te 90th Guards i roto i te waahanga tuarua o tana ope taua, i keri i muri i te awa o te awa o Pena ki te tiaki i te tuaka Tiamana pea mo te whakaeke ki Oboyan. I muri i te whawhai o te ra tuatahi, i te wa i pakaru ai te XXXXVIII Panzer Corps me tetahi waahanga o te II SS Panzer Corps, i peia ai te roopu tuatahi o te ope taua, ko Gen. N.F. Vatutin, te rangatira o mua, i whakahau i te 1st Tank Army ki te tautoko i te roopu tuarua. I te po, ko te 6th Tank Corps i whakapakari i te taha maui me te pokapū o te wehenga, i te wa e neke ana te 3rd Mechanized Corps ki te tautoko. He mea nui enei whakapakari, na te mea kua tiimata te 90 o nga Kaitiaki i te pakanga i raro i te kaha, i muri i te tuku i tetahi roopu pere me tetahi waahanga o tana pu ki te roopu tuatahi.