 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1941 Panzer Group 1 yakabatanidzwa neField Marshal Gerd von Rundstedts Army Group South pakutanga kweOperation Barbarossa. Pakutanga kweOperation Barbarossa muna Chikumi 1941, Panzer Group 1 yaisanganisira III, XIV uye XLVIII Mauto Mauto ane mota aine zvikamu zvishanu zvepanzer uye zvikamu zvina zvine mota zviviri zvacho SS zvakagadzirirwa matangi mazana manomwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe. Panzer Group 1 yakashanda muchikamu chekumaodzanyemba kweEastern Front kurwisa Red Army uye yakabatanidzwa muhondo yeBrody iyo yaisanganisira matangi eRed Army anosvika zviuru zvitatu. Zvikamu zveBoka zvakapoteredza mauto eSoviet pedyo neUman uye pedyo neKiev. Pashure pokuwa kweKiev Panzer Group 1 yakawedzerwa kuva 1st Panzer Army musi waOctober 6, 1941 naKleist achiri kutungamira. Mauto akatora Rostov, asi akamanikidzwa kudzokera shure mazuva masere gare gare. 