 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuda kwaAdolf Hitler, hapana chinetso chakambovapo mumamiriro ezvinhu aya. Drang nach Osten chiGerman nokuda kwaKutyaira kuenda kuMabvazuva yakaramba iri tsika yezuva racho. Izvi zvakaguma, musi wa18 Zvita, mukubudiswa kweDirective No. 21 Case Barbarossa, iyo yakavamba nokutaura kuti Mauto eGermany anofanira kugadzirira kupwanya Soviet Russia munhimbe yokukurumidza hondo isati yapera yehondo neEngland. Kunyange pamberi pokuburitswa kwomurayiro wacho, vakuru vakuru veGermany vakanga vagadzira zvirongwa zvakadzama nokuda kwehondo yeSoviet. Musi waFebruary 3, 1941, chirongwa chokupedzisira cheOperation Barbarossa chakagamuchirwa, uye kurwisa kwacho kwakarongerwa pakati paMay, 1941. Zvisinei, zviitiko muGreece neYugoslavia zvaida kunonoka kusvika muhafu yechipiri yaJune. 