 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1941, divi rakadzoserwa kuGermany, ndokuendeswa kumuganhu neSoviet Union muna June wegore iroro mukugadzirira Operation Barbarossa. Pakangotanga kupindirwa, divi rakapinda muHondo yeBiałystok Minsk, muhondo dzeSmolensk neVyasma, uye muhondo yeMoscow. Munguva yekurwisa kweSoviet yechando ya1941-1942, yakabata nzvimbo paYukhnov, padyo neRzhev, kurwisa kwakadzokororwa kweSoviet kurwisa kubva muna Ndira kusvika Kubvumbi 1942. Pashure pacho, boka racho rakapera simba rakaendeswa kuAmiens, kuFrance kunovandudzwa. 