 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waJune 1, 1941, mukuru mukuru wayo, Straube, akasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant General, sezvo mauto eGermany akagadzirira Operation Barbarossa, iyo divi raifanira kutora chikamu. Yakaitwa chikamu che General of the Artillery Wilhelm Fahrmbachers VII Army Corps, iyo pachayo chikamu cheArmy Group Centers Second Army. Chikamu chakabatanidzwa mukuita kwakabudirira mumavhiki ekutanga, neBrest Fortress ichipambwauye zvikamu zvikuru zveSoviet Western Front zvaive zvakapoteredzwa paHondo yeBiałystok Minsk. 