 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 12th Panzer Division yakabatanidzwa muOperation Barbarossa, ichitora chikamu mukufambisa kuenda kuLeningrad. Kutambura kurasikirwa kukuru panguva yeSoviet counter offensive munguva yechando ya194142, divi rakadzoserwa kuEstonia kunogadziriswazve. Rakaramba riri muArmy Group North kwechikamu chikuru chehondo kunze kwekupfupika kwechinguva kumaodzanyemba ichitora chikamu muhondo yeKursk muna Chikunguru 1943 uye zviitiko zvinotevera zvekuzvidzivirira uye kudzokera shure mushure mekutadza kweGerman. Chikamu chakadzokera kuchamhembe kwechikamu muna Ndira 1944 asi chakanga chakanonoka kuita chero basa mukuedza kweGerman kusingabudirire kudzivirira Kukombwa kweLeningrad kuti isaputswe neRed Army. Yakazopedzisira yabatwa muCurland Pocket mushure mekubudirira kweSoviet kurwisa muna Chikunguru 1944, Operation Bagration. Rakaramba riri muCurland uko rakabva razviisa mumauto eSoviet muna May 1945. 