Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na Soviet Union, ma ndị Germany ma ndị Soviet ji oge opupu ihe ubi na mmalite oge ọkọchị nke afọ 1943 kwadebe maka nnukwu mwakpo na etiti Russia. Na 4 Julaị 1943, Germany wakporo ndị agha Soviet gburugburu Kursk Bulge. N'ime otu izu, ndị agha Germany agwụla onwe ha n'ihi na ndị Soviet nwere ọtụtụ ndị nchebe ma wuo nke ọma, na nke mbụ n'agha ahụ, Hitler kagburu ọrụ ahụ tupu ya enwee ihe ịga nke ọma ma ọ bụ nke ọma. Mkpebi a nwere mmetụta ụfọdụ n'ihi mwakpo ndị Western Allies wakporo Sicily
a malitere na July 9, nke, jikọtara ya na ọdịda ndị Ịtali gara aga, rụpụtara ịchụpụ na njide nke Mussolini mgbe e mesịrị n'ọnwa ahụ.