 Kutevera kutanga kweOperation Barbarossa, kupindirwa kweGermany kweSoviet Union munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, divi rakaramba riri munzvimbo dzaro pamuganhu weTurkey, kunyangwe zvikamu zve9th zvakarwa muhondo yeKerch Peninsulauye zvikamu zvokutanga zveHondo yeCaucasus. Pakupera kwa1942, divi rose rakaendeswa kuchamhembe kumberi, vachirwira mukurwisa kwakamanikidza kubviswa kwemauto eGerman kubva kuNorth Caucasus kutanga kwa1943, vasati vapedza chikamu chikuru chegore vachirwira kutora Kuban bridgehead. Yakagadziriswazve se9th Rifle Division munaGunyana, iro divi rakaendeswa kuUkraine kutanga kwa1944, mushure mezvo rakarwa muLvovSandomierz Offensive, VistulaOder Offensive, uye Prague Offensive pamberi pekupera kwehondo muna Chivabvu 1945. 