Thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum Ob, xyoo 1943, txhua yam pib hloov pauv ntau ntawm Sab Hnub Tuaj. Nws yog nyob rau lub sijhawm no uas qhov kev hloov pauv kawg tau tshwm sim, uas tau pib nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Stalingrad, thaum lub sijhawm ua haujlwm Uranus, cov tub rog thib rau ntawm Wehrmacht tau nyob ib puag ncig thiab swb los ntawm cov tub rog Soviet. Tom qab ntawd, thaum muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau lub caij ntuj no xyoo 1943, cov tub rog German tau raug thawb rov qab. Lub hauv ntej ruaj khov nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, thaum cov tub rog German thaum lub sij hawm tawm tsam tuaj yeem nres kev txav ntawm Red Army. Nyob rau tib lub sij hawm, ib tug ledge tau tsim, uas twb nyob rau hauv lub caij ntuj sov ntawm lub xyoo, ib tug ntawm cov bloodiest thiab loj tshaj plaws battles nyob rau hauv keeb kwm, sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kursk, tsoo tawm. Kev Ua Haujlwm "Citadel" - txoj kev npaj ntawm German hais kom kov yeej cov tub rog Soviet hauv cheeb tsam Kursk - raug kev puas tsuaj tag.
Cov lus txib German pib tsim ib txoj kev npaj rau kev xa tawm ntawm kev ua phem rau lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 1943. Ib qho ntawm cov tswv yim tseem ceeb yog tsim kom muaj kev tawm tsam tag nrho hauv thaj tsam ntawm Kursk salient, uas tau txais. Lub Plaub Hlis, ib txoj kev npaj hu ua "Operation"Citadel", raws li cov tub rog German tau txiav lub Soviet tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv ob lub sij hawm tawm tsam los ntawm ob txoj kev. Qhov pib tau teem caij rau nruab nrab lub caij ntuj sov.
Ua tsaug rau kev txawj ntse, cov ntawv poob rau hauv txhais tes ntawm Soviet cov lus txib, uas qhia tag nrho cov haujlwm "Citadel", nws cov haujlwm tseem ceeb thiab cov lus qhia. Thaum lub sij hawm lub rooj sib tham ntawm lub Soviet Supreme High Command, nws tau txiav txim siab los mus tiv thaiv, thiab tom qab tus yeeb ncuab twb qaug zog thiab los ntshav, mus tua thiab tsim lawv tus kheej counteroffensive.
Thaum Lub Xya Hli 1943, cov tub rog tseem ceeb tau tsom mus rau thaj tsam ntawm Kursk salient ob leeg los ntawm Germans thiab los ntawm USSR. Ntawm cov tsheb armored ntawm Wehrmacht, kuj tseem muaj cov tsheb tsim tshiab, xws li Tiger thiab Panther, thiab Ferdinand self-propelled phom, tab sis lawv feem ntau yog tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm Pz III thiab IV series uas twb dhau los lawm. thaum ntawd.
Raws li cov phiaj xwm ntawm cov neeg German, kev ua haujlwm "Citadel" yuav tsum pib thaum hmo ntuj ntawm Lub Xya Hli 5 nrog kev npaj cov phom loj loj, tab sis txij li cov lus txib ntawm USSR tau paub txog cov yeeb ncuab yav tom ntej., nws tau txiav txim siab ua qhov kev npaj counter-barrage, ua tsaug rau qhov kev tawm tsam German tau ncua sijhawm 3 teev thiab pib tsuas yog thaum sawv ntxov.
Shock German tank tsim tau tawm tsam rau Soviet txoj haujlwm los ntawm ob sab. Lub German Army Group Center tau nce los ntawm Orel, tawm tsam qhov Central Front sawv ntawm Soviet sab. Cov tub rog tub rog hu ua "South" tau tsiv tawm ntawm Belgorod mus rau txoj haujlwm ntawm Voronezh pem hauv ntej. Thaum thawj hnub muajKev sib ntaus sib tua ntshav, thiab cov phiaj xwm German qub yuav tsum tau hloov kho, vim tias kev tsim lub tank tsis ncav cuag lawv txoj haujlwm npaj. Txawm li cas los xij, kev ua haujlwm "Citadel" tau tsim nyob rau hauv tag nrho viav vias, thiab txawm hais tias muaj kev nyuaj thiab kev poob zoo, cov tub rog Wehrmacht tau tswj hwm los ntawm kev tiv thaiv.
Lub Xya Hli 12, kev sib tsoo tank loj tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm tau tshwm sim. Nyob rau hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb railway Prokhorovka, kev sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam. Thaum lub sij hawm sib ntaus sib tua nyuaj tshaj plaws thiab nrog kev poob loj, cov tub rog Soviet muaj peev xwm tig tau qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv lawv txoj kev nyiam. Lawv yuam cov German units kom thim rov qab.
Tam sim thaum Lub Xya Hli 15, cov tub rog Wehrmacht tau tso lawv cov peev txheej tawm tsam thiab tau mus tiv thaiv. Ua tiav qhov kev ua phem German "Citadel". Kev Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thib Ob tau nkag mus rau theem tshiab - txij li lub sijhawm ntawd qhov kev pib ua tiav dhau mus rau pawg neeg tawm tsam Hitler.