 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakaramba chiri muchengeti kusvika muna Kukadzi 1942, apo chikamu chakapihwa XXIX Army Corps pasi pekutungamira kwe6th Army. Panguva iyi, Operation Division yeOKH yakanga yaburitsa mirayiridzo yekutanga yemisangano yegore rose ra1942 uye yakanga yaisa pamberi peArmy Group South, iyo 62nd Infantry Division yaive chikamu chayo, yekuwedzera pamusoro pemamwe mapoka emauto sezvo hondo yaifamba ichienda kumaodzanyemba. Mapoka 20 eGermany uye mapoka 21 eAxis anobva kune dzimwe nyika akabatana nechikamu chekumaodzanyemba chemasoja nokuda kwemabasa anotevera. Muna Chivabvu 1942, divi rakabatana neVIII Army Corps ndokuzoendeswa kuLI Army Corps muna Chikumi, zvese zviri pasi pe6th Army. Muchiitiko ichi, 62nd Infantry Division yakabatanidzwa mukukunda kukuru kweAxis muHondo yechipiri yeKharkov12 Chivabvu 28 Chivabvu 1942 uye chikamu chekutanga cheiyo Axis yezhizha yekurwisa Case Blue ya1942. 