 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Chikamu ichi chakabatanidzwa muOperation Barbarossa, ichifambira mberi kuburikidza neUman uye kuyambuka Rwizi rweDnieper sechikamu che1st Panzergruppe yakarairwa naGeneral Von Kleist. Yakapinda mukurwiswa uye kubatwa kweRostov kusvikira yadzoserwa pamwe nemamwe mauto eGermany kuRwizi rweMius. Munhevedzano yehondo dzekudzivirira munguva yechando ya194142 yakakwanisa kuchengetedza chinzvimbo chayo uyezve munaKurume 1942 yakatora chikamu muhondo dzeKharkov. Gare gare muna 1942 boka racho rakatora rutivi mukumhanyira kuStalingrad. Mukati mechikamu chokupedzisira cha1942 yakabatanidzwa muhondo dzinotyisa dzeguta rino, uye ipapo mukuvamba kwa1943 yakakomberedzwa paStalingrad, ndokuparadzwa. 