 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 1941, chikamu chakatamiswa kudzokera kuPoland yakatorwa, ichiiswa muGalicia ne IV Corps, iyo yaive yava chikamu che17th Army. Mwedzi wakatevera Wehrmacht yakaita kurwisa kukuru kuSoviet Union, ne17th Army, chikamu cheArmy Group South, ichirwisa nekutora guta reUkraine reVinnytsia. Nyamavhuvhu akaona kugoverwa kwenguva pfupi kwe24th Division kuXXXIV Corps ye1st Panzergruppe sezvo yakatora chikamu mukukomberedza kukuru kwemauto eSovietkumaodzanyemba kweUman; mwedzi wakatevera wakaona kudzoka kwechikamu ku IV Corps sezvaakatora Kiev. Munguva yeHondo yeKiev, 24th Infantry Division yakarwisa kubva kuKremenchuk kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweDnieper, ichibatsira mukukomberedza guta guru reUkraine. Chikamu chakaramba chiri simba rekugara kusvika pakupera kwaGumiguru; Boka reMauto Maodzanyemba, panguva ino rakaramba richienda kuGungwa Dema risina iyo. Munguva yavo sevashandi vebasa, imwe nhanho yekuvhiringidzika yaivepo pakati pevarume, avo vakavhiringidzwa nehunyanzvi hweSoviet hwekugadzira zvine chekuita nekuratidzwa kwekuparadzira, kunyanya nezvinhu zvekudzidzisa. Musi waOctober 15 mushumo wakabva kuchikwata chacho wakapiwa pamusoro pevasungwa vehondo veSoviet vavaiendesa - 1 000 vakanga vaurayiwa nokuneta uye kuurayiwa mumakwara marefu. Zvakare mumushumo maiva nekunyunyuta pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu emisasa yePOW; musasa waOleksandriya 182 wakabata pekugara kwevanhu zviuru makumi maviri chete, neNovoukrainka chete zviuru gumi - izvi zvaive zvisina kukwana kutakura huwandu hunoshamisa hwevaGerman vakanga vatopoteredzwa nemaitiro avo eBlitzkrieg. Uyu mushumo wakaunzwa mukutongwa kwemhosva dzehondo uko kwaibatanidza Mukuru Mukuru weVashandi Karl von Roque, uyo mushumo wacho wakatumirwa kwaari. 