 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi weChishanu 1 Gunyana 1939 mauto eGermany akapinda muPoland izvo zvakaratidza kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, uye muna June 1941, Germany yakapinda muSoviet Union iyo yakasika Eastern Front. Muna February 1943, I. Gruppe yeJG 54 yakanga yakashongedzerwa neFocke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 uye yakabatanidzwa muKukombwa kweLeningrad. Nzvimbo yokurwira yaiva zvikurukuru kumabvazuva nokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweLeningrad uko mauto eSoviet akanga agadzira nzira yokuenda kuguta muOperation Iskra. 