 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Strecker akatungamira chikamu chake mukupinda muUkraine, achitora chikamu muHondo yeKievuye Hondo Yokutanga yeKharkov. Akawana imwe kurudziro yokutungamirira boka. Muna January 1942 akabatwa nechirwere chemwoyo uye akatumirwa pazororo rokupora kwemwedzi mitatu. Akadzokera kubasa rinoshanda muna Kubvumbi, achitora kutungamira kwechinguva che17th Army Corps muArmy Group Center uye achigamuchira kukwidziridzwa kuGeneral weVashandi. Akatungamirira boka racho muHondo yechipiri yeKharkov. Mutungamiri weArmy Group South, Friedrich Paulus, akafadzwa nekushanda kwaStrecker kuKharkov uye akamuendesa ku6th Army yake kuti atore mutemo we11th Corps. 