 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna June 1941 71st Infantry Division yakabatanidzwa mukurwisapamusoro peSoviet Union uye zvinoshamisa kuti vakapinda mumasvingo eSoviet ari pedyo neNiemstow musi waJune 22, 1941. Musi waJune 24, 1941, hondo yokuzvidzivirira yakatanga pedyo neNiemirow, ichirwisana nematanki eSoviet 50, ayo akanga achipfura achibva munzvimbo dzakavandika achirwisa varwi vechiGerman. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzeRed Army paWiszenka nzvimbo yekudzidzira mauto dzakacheneswa nekukundwa. Pakupera kwaJune 1941 kubudirira pazvinzvimbo zvokuchamhembe zveLemberg kwakasimbiswa. Kweinenge mwedzi wose waJuly 1941, chikamu chakakwanisa nguva yakareba yekufamba kuburikidza neUkraine mukati mehurongwa hweuto rekuchengetedza Armeereserve, iyo yakaitwa yakaoma nemamiriro ekunze akaipa uye nzvimbo isina kunaka. 