 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Zvokudya zvaienda kuSoviet Union zvainge zvatumirwa neNorth Cape kuenda kuMurmansk neArchangel nokukurumidza pashure pokupinda kweGermany asi nhamba yengarava dzaiwanika yaiva shoma uye mapoka engarava akanga asingagoni kurwiswa nendege dzeGermany uye ngarava dzepasi pemvura. Zvokudya zvakatumirwawo kubva kuzviteshi zvengarava zveAmerica zvepaPacific kuenda kuVladivostok mungarava dzaifamba nomureza weSoviet asi varongi veAllied vaida kuzarura imwe nzira yokuendesa zvinhu kuburikidza neIran. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asina kwaakarerekera zviri pamutemo, Shah aionekwa zvikuru seaifarira Germany nevavengi. Pashure pokuramba kwaShah kuzarura Iran senzira yokuendesa nayo zvinhu zvehondo kuUSSR; vavakidzani vakapinda muuye vakatora Iran muna August 1941. Shah, uyo akakurudzira mauto ake kusadzivisa kupinda kwacho, akabviswa pachigaro uye mwanakomana wake muduku akagadzwa pachigaro choumambo somukuru mukuru wehurumende yechidhori yaidzorwa nevakabatana. Minda yemafuta yeIran yakachengetedzwa uye nzira yokuendesa nayo mafuta kuRussia yakatangwa ndokuchengetedzwa kusvikira hondo yapera. 