 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Rugare neGermany rwakanga rusina kugadzikana, sezvo mativi ose ari maviri akanga achigadzirira kurwisana kwechiuto, uye rwakapera nokukurumidza apo masimba eAxis akatungamirirwa neGermany akapfuura nomuganhu weSovietmusi wa22 June 1941. Pakasvika nguva yechirimo uto reGermany rakanga ratora Ukraine, rakakomba Leningrad, uye rakatyisidzira kutora dzimbahwe, Moscow, rimene. Pasinei nokuti muna December 1941 Red Army yakadzinga mauto eGermany kubva kuMoscow mukubudirira kwekurwisa, vaGermany vakachengetedza hurongwa hwehutano kweanenge rimwe gore uye vakabata hurongwa hwakadzika kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva, kusvika kuVolga neCaucasus. Zvisinei, kukundwa kukuru kweGermany kuStalingrad neKursk kwakaratidza kuva kwakakosha uye kwakashandura nzira yeHondo Yenyika yose sezvo vaGermany vasina kuzombova nesimba rekuramba vachiita mabasa avo ekurwisa uye Soviet Union yakatorazve danho rekurwisana. Pakupera kwa1943, Red Army yakanga yaputsa kukombwa kweGermany kweLeningrad ndokusunungura rutivi rukuru rweUkraine, rutivi rukuru rweWestern Russia ndokupinda muBelarus. Mukati memushandirapamwe wa1944, Red Army yakakurira mauto eGermany munhevedzano yemishandirapamwe yokurwisa inozivikanwa semarova gumi aStalin. Pakupera kwa 1944, hondo yakanga yapfuura miganhu yeSoviet ya1939 kupinda muEastern Europe. Mauto eSoviet akapinda muGermany yokumabvazuva, achitora Berlin muna May 1945. Nokudaro hondo neGermany yakaguma mukukunda kweSoviet Union. 