 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pasinei nokurasikirwa kukuru, pakuvamba muna 1942 Germany navavakidzani vayo vakamisa kurwisa kukuru kweSoviet muRussia yapakati neyokumaodzanyemba, vachichengeta zvakawanda zvezviwanwa zvenharaunda zvavakanga vawana mukati megore rakapfuura. Muna May vaGermany vakakunda mauto eSoviet muKerch Peninsula uye paKharkov, uye vakazotanga kurwisa kwavo kukuru kwezhizha kumaodzanyemba kweRussia muna Chikumi 1942, kutora minda yemafuta eCaucasus uye kutora Kuban steppe, uku vachichengetedza nzvimbo munzvimbo dzekuchamhembe nepakati dzepamberi. MaGerman akakamura Army Group South kuita mapoka maviri: Army Group A yakafambira mberi kusvika pasi peRwizi rweDon ndokurova kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kuenda kuCaucasus, nepo Army Group B yakananga kuRwizi rweVolga. VaSoviet vakasarudza kumira paStalingrad paVolga. 