 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1940, Panin akagadzwa mukuru wekurovedza kurwa kweLeningrad Military District. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Major General musi wa 4 Chikumi. Muna March 1941, akava mutungamiri we42nd Rifle Corps. Mushure mekupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union musi wa22 Chikumi, iyo corps yakava chikamu che14th Army. Rakarwa pakudzivirirwa kweMurmansk panguva yeOperation Silver Fox. Musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 1941, Panin akava mutungamiri we14th Army, achitungamirira mukudzivirira kweMurmansk. Akaonekwa seasina kukodzera nemunyori wekutanga weMurmansk CPSU Regional Committee uye nhengo ye14th Army Military Council Maxim Starostin uye akazogadzwa mukuru we2nd Reserve Army muna Chivabvu 1942. Muna August 1942 Panin akava mudzidzisi mukuru paFrunze Military Academy. Muna February 1943, akagadzwa mukuru wekurovedza kurwa kweVolkhov Front. Panin akava mutungamiri we7th Rifle Corps ye59th Army munaGunyana, achitungamirira muLeningrad-Novgorod Offensive uye kutora Novgorod. Nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake mukurwisa Panin akapiwa chirongwa cheKutuzov 2nd class musi wa 21 February 1944. Pakati paApril naMay 1944 akanga ari mutungamiri we99th Rifle Corps ye3rd Baltic Front. Muna May, Panin akanga ari mubasa romukuru wevashandi. Muna June akashanyira 3rd Belorussian Front naAlexander Vasilevsky. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare akava mutevedzeri womutungamiriri wehondo yechishanu, achibatanidzwa muOperation Bagrationuye Kurwisa kweEast Prussia. Muna February 1945, akaiswa muchipatara uye kubva muna May 1945 akanga arizve pabasa romukuru wevashandi. 