Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te whakaeke Tiamana, ko te ingoa waehere ko "Operation Citadel", i whakaritea i te tīmatanga o Mei engari i whakaroa te whakaeke i ngā wā maha kia taea ai te kawe mai i ngā rōpū Panzer hou e rite ana ki ngā tank Tiger I me Panther me a rātau pupuhi whakaeke hou. Na enei whakaroa i nui ake ai te whakarite a te Soviet. Kāore i tae noa ki te tīmatanga o Hōngongoi i tīmata ai ngā mahi a te Wehrmacht i te rerenga o Kursk
kua tīmata.