 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Operation Barbarossa payakatanga muna June 1941, Sukhomlin akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemukuru mukuru wemauto eNorthwestern Front yaiva pedyo neLeningrad. MunaSeptember akasarudzwa semubati webasa mukuru wemauto wechi54, chikamu cheLeningrad Front. Muna Ndira 1942 akatora kwenguva pfupi kutungamira kwe8th Army paVolkhov Front asati atora kutungamira kwe54th Army, achidzoka kubva pakurasikirwa kweSoviet muHondo yeLyuban. Akatungamirira uto muna February 1943 panguva yeOperation Polar Star, kuedza kusina kubudirira kubvisa kuvharirwa kweLeningrad. Basa rake raiva rokurwisa akananga kuTosno ndokubatana ne55th Army ichirwisa kubva kuKrasny Bor. Sukhomlin akaderedzwa kuva mutevedzeri womutungamiriri wehondo nokuda kwokukundikana kwake. Muna Kurume akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weVolkhov Front uye muna Chikumi akava mukuru wevashandi ve5th Army kuWestern Front. 