Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O du ndị agha a n'agha nke Kursk. N'oge ọkọchị nke afọ 1943, ndị Soviet malitere Operation Kutuzov na July 12 megide Army Group Center na Orel salient, kpọmkwem n'ebe ugwu nke Kursk salient. Bryansk Front, n'okpuru iwu nke Markian Popov, wakporo ihu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Orel salient ebe Western Front, nke Sokolovsky nyere iwu, wakporo site n'ebe ugwu. Ọrụ ahụ kwụsịrị na 18 Ọgọstụ 1943 na njide Soviet nke Orel na ọdịda nke Orel. N'ọnwa Ọktoba na Nọvemba nke afọ 1943, Sokolovsky duziri ndị agha Western Front na Soviet Union dara ada.
Orsha na-awakpo ndị agha nke anọ nke Gotthard Heinrici na mpaghara Orsha nke Belarus. N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1944, e kewara Western Front ụzọ abụọ ma mee Sokolovsky onye isi ndị ọrụ nke 1st Ukrainian Front n'okpuru Georgy Zhukov. Ọ nọgidere n'ọkwá a ruo mgbe agha biri na 1945. Dị ka onye isi ndị ọrụ nke 1st Ukrainian Front, Sokolovsky nyere aka ịhazi na imezu njide nke Berlin. Sokolovsky nọdụrụ n'akụkụ Zhukov ka ọ na-anata akwụkwọ nkwenye German na Berlin.