 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1942, Hondo yakatamira kuchamhembe, ichitora chikamu mukuitwa kweDemyansk. Muna July, Kuznetsov akapiwa basa rokutungamirira uto rechi63, raiva pedyo neStalingrad. Mauto aya akatumidzwa zita rekuti 1st Guards Army muna Mbudzi. Nokuda kwokuzvibata kwake mumushandirapamwe, Kuznetsov akapiwa Order of Suvorov 1st Class. Musi wa 25 Kurume 1943 akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chaColonel General. The 1st Varindi gare gare vakatora chikamu muhondo Donbass nharaunda uye muna Dniepr kuyambuka. Musi wa15 Zvita, Kuznetsov akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri waBagramyan mu1st Baltic Front. Pachinzvimbo ichi akabatanidzwa mumishandirapamwe yeBelarus, Baltic neEast Prussia. Front rakaparadzwa mukupera kwaFebruary 1945, uye Kuznetsov akatora kutungamira pamusoro pe1st Belorussians 3rd Shock Army musi wa16 Kurume. Mauto akanga achibatanidzwa mukurwisana mumaguta mukati meBerlin; musi waApril 30, rimwe remasangano aro, 150th Rifle Division, rakapamba Reichstag. Varwi vayo vakasimudza mureza wokukunda pamusoro pechivako chacho. 