 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akashanda somukuru mukuru wehurumende aitungamirirwa naMajor General Walter Nehring kutanga muna March 1942 pakutamisirwa kwaNehring kuAfrica. Gare gare, akashanda pasi paErwin Rommel naWilhelm von Thoma. Apo Rommel akasiya Tunisia muna March 1943 pashure pokurwisa kwakakundikana mukati meHondo yeMedenineOperation Capri, Bayerlein akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wechiGerman pasi pemutungamiriri mutsva, muItaly Giovanni Messe. Akatumirwa kuItaly pamberi pemasoja eGermany muTunisia akazvipira musi wa12 Chivabvu 1943. Bayerlein akatumirwa kuEastern Front muna Gumiguru 1943, kuti atungamire 3rd Panzer Division, iyo yakanga yakakomberedzwa paKirovograd. Bayerlein akatungamirira kupukunyuka kupfurikidza nokukomberedzwa kweSoviet. 