Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na mbido Mee ruo Julaị 1942, Vatutin jere ozi nwa oge dị ka osote onye isi ndị isi ndị agha nke Red Army ruo mgbe German Army Group South malitere nnukwu agha ya, "Operation Blau". Ná mmalite, ndị Germany lekwasịrị anya na Voronezh. Ha choro imebi uzo Soviet n'ihu na
Agha nke Voronezh ma mesịa wakpo Soviet Southern Front na Southwestern Front site n'azụ. Na 1 Julaị 1942, Stalin zigara Vatutin dị ka onye nnọchi anya Stavka dị ike, na Bryansk Front dị oke mkpa, nke n'ime ụbọchị ole na ole a gbanwere aha ya dị ka Voronezh Front ma tinye ya n'okpuru iwu Vatutin.