 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga Germany yakabudirira zvikuru mumibato yayo yehondo. Mumwedzi isingasviki mitatu April June 1940, Germany yakakunda Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, uye France. Kukundwa kwakakurumidza kusingatarisirwi kweFrance kwakaguma nokusimuka mukufarirwa kwaHitler uye kuwedzera kwehondo. Hitler akaita kutaura kworugare kumutungamiriri mutsva weBritain Winston Churchill muna July 1940, asi Churchill akaramba akasindimara mukupandukira kwake. Churchill akawana rubatsiro rukuru rwemari, rwemauto, uye rwekudyidzana kubva kuMutungamiri Franklin D. Roosevelt muU.S. Kurwisa kwebhomba kwaHitler kuBritain Gunyana 1940 Chivabvu 1941 kwakakundikana. Vanhuwo zvavo vokuBritain vanenge 43 000 vakaurayiwa uye 139 000 vakakuvadzwa muBlitz; rutivi rukuru rweLondon rwakaparadzwa, nezvivako 1 400 245 zvakaparadzwa kana kuti zvakakanganiswa. Mauto eGermany akapinda muSoviet Unionmuna June 1941 mavhiki ari shure kwenguva yakatarwa nemhaka yokupinda kweYugoslavia asi vakafambira mberi kusvikira vasvika pamasuo eMoscow. Hitler akanga aunganidza mauto anopfuura 4.000.000, kubatanidza 1.000.000 kubva kuvaperekedzi vake veAxis. MaSoviet akanga arasikirwa navanodokusvika 3.000.000 vakaurawa muhondo, nepo mauto eSoviet 3.500.000 akabatwa mumwedzi mitanhatu yokutanga yehondo. MaEinsatzgruppen mapoka anouraya anofamba evaNazi akauraya vaJudha vose veSoviet vaakawana, nepo vaGermany vaienda kumisha yevaJudha ndokupinza mhuri mumisasa yechibharo nokuda kwebasa rakaoma kana kuti mumisasa yokuparadza nokuda kworufu. 