Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe Mickl malitere ịchị, ndị 11th Panzer Division emechabeghị iwulite ụlọ mgbe ha nwesịrị nnukwu mfu n'oge mgbalị enyemaka nke Stalingrad na Disemba 1942 na n'oge Agha nke Atọ nke Kharkov na February na Machị 1943. Ngalaba Panzer nke iri na otu bụ akụkụ nke "General der Panzertruppe" Otto von Knobelsdorff's XLVIII Panzer Corps n'okpuru njikwa ọrụ nke "Generaloberst" Hermann Hoth's 4th Panzer Army, nke bụ akụkụ nke "Generalfeldmarschall" Erich von Manstein's Army Group South. Tupu e bido ọrụ Citadel
N'ịchụpụ ndị Soviet na Kursk, ndị XLVIII Panzer Corps nọ na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke akara n'etiti Bohodukhov na Akhtyrka.