 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kokutanga kubva muna June 1941, mauto eSoviet akanga amisa vaGermany ndokuvadzosa. Ikoku kwakaguma naStalin ane chivimbo chakanyanyisa achiwedzera kuwedzera kwokudenha. Musi wa5 Ndira 1942, pamusangano muKremlin, Stalin akazivisa kuti akanga achironga kurwisa kukuru kwechirimo, kwaizoitwa panguva imwe chete pedyo neMoscow, Leningrad, Kharkov, neCrimea. Urongwa uhwu hwakagamuchirwa pasinei nokushora kwaZhukov. Hondo yeRed Army yakaderera uye hunyanzvi hweWehrmacht hwakatungamira kumhirizhonga yeropa padyo neRzhev, inozivikanwa se Rzhev nyama yekukuya, uye nekukundwa kweRed Army, senge Hondo Yechipiri yeKharkov, kuyedza kwakundikana kubvisa homwe yeDemyansk, uye kukomberedzwa kweuto raGeneral Andrey Vlasov mukuyedza kwakundikana kusimudza kukombwa kweLeningrad, uye kuparadzwa kwemauto eRed Army muCrimea. Pakupedzisira, kukundikana uku kwaizotungamirira kukubudirira kwechiGermany kunorwisa kumaodzanyemba uye kuHondo yeStalingrad. 