 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokutanga kwehondo dzeGermany neSoviet, mauto eSoviet akakurumidza kudzingwa nemauto eGermany. Pakutanga, mauto eGermany akanga achirumbidzwa munenge munyika yose savanunuri, asi mitemo yokugara yeNazi yakachinja izvozvo zvishoma nezvishoma. Riga yakatorwazve nemauto eSoviet musi wa13 Gumiguru 1944, uye chikamu chikuru cheGerman Army Group North Heersgruppe Nord chakabviswa muKurzeme, peninsula inoumba chikamu chekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweLatvia. Ikoko, ivo nemapoka eLatvia akasimudzwa munzvimbo iyi vakaumba Kurland Fortress, iro rakabudirira kupfuurira kutozosvikira pamugumo wehondo muna May 1945. 