 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna October 1940 kusvika muna February 1942, NKVD pasi paBeria yakaita kuchenesa kutsva kweRed Army nemaindasitiri akabatana. Muna February 1941, Beria akava Mutevedzeri wasachigaro weCouncil of Peoples Commissars, uye muna June, pashure pokupinda kweNazi Germany muSoviet Union, akazova nhengo yeState Defense Committee GKO. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, akatora mitoro mikuru mudzimba uye akaunganidza mamirioni avanhu vakasungwa mumisasa yeNKVD Gulag mukugadzirwa kwehondo. Akatora kudzora kugadzirwa kwezvombo, uye naGeorgy Malenkov ndege uye injini dzendege. Ikoku kwakanga kuri mavambo esonganiro yaBeria naMalenkov, iyo gare gare yakava inokosha zvikuru. 