 Rakarongwa seboka reSturm- und Stoß English: dutu neboka rinokurudzira, iro varwi varo vaifanira kumhanya kuburikidza nokurovedza kwakaoma uye kunyorwa kwenguva refu kuti varwe pachikamu chepamberi pechiso. Varwi vacho zvikurukuru vakanga vari vakwegura vemibato yapfuura paWestern Front neInvasion yePoland. Kubva muna Chivabvu 1942 zvichienda mberi, yakashandiswa muhondo kuEastern Front sechikamu che6th Army pasi pekutungamira kweGeneral der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus. Pashure pokunge atora mutungamiriri muna January 1942, Red Army yakatanga kurwisapedyo neguta reKharkov. Mauto eGermany akakwanisa kudzorera kurwisa uye akabudirira kurwisa, panguva yavakakomberedza mauto eSoviet. Mukurwisana uku, Mauto Matsvuku akarasikirwa zvikuru. 