 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mamiriro ezvinhu akashanduka pashure pa 22 June 1941. Nokupinda muSoviet Union, Germany yakadimburira nzira yayo bedzi yokutengeserana yakavimbika kuJapan. Panzvimbo pezvo, raifanira kushandisa ngarava dzinotengesa nokukurumidza uye gare gare ngarava huru dzomugungwa dzomumvura kuti dzidzivise kuvharirwa neAllied. Pane rumwe rutivi, USSR yakagamuchira zvinopiwa zveLend-Lease kubva kuU.S.A. Kunyange pashure pokunge Japan yaenda kuhondo neU.S., pasinei zvapo nokunyunyuta kweGermany, Japan kazhinji kazhinji yaibvumira ngarava dzeSoviet kufamba pakati peU.S. neVladivostok dzisina kuvhiringidzwa. Somugumisiro, Nzira yePacific nomugungwa reNorth Pacific uye TSR yakava kubatana kwakachengeteka zvikuru pakati peU.S.A. neUSSR. 