Kammala wannan jumlar: Kafin yakin duniya na biyu, a 1938 Strokach ya zama kwamandan runduna ta 25 a Tiraspol. Bayan da
A lokacin mamayar Soviet na Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina, an sake komawa hedkwatar rundunar zuwa Kahul a shekarar 1940. A cikin 1941-1946 Strokach ya kasance mataimakin kwamishinan jama'a na cikin gida na UkrSSR. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan mamayewar Nazi Jamus na Tarayyar Soviet, a cikin 1942 an sanya shi a matsayin mai kula da Daraktan Ma'aikata na Ukrainian na Partizan motsi. A wannan shekarar Strokach ya zama memba na kwamitin tsakiya na karkashin kasa na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Ukraine. Bayan 'yantar da Ukraine, a cikin 1944 an sanya shi a matsayin mai kula da Daraktan a cikin yaƙi da' yan bindiga.