Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukutanga kwa1940, March akatanga mabasa okugadzirira, sezvo akarongawo kugadziridza chikamu cheimba yacho kunze kwenzvimbo yemitambo. Iye akakurudzira nzvero yezvinocherwa mumatongo ndokukoka wezvenhau wokuGermany Daniel Krencker kuti adzidze kuchera. Mukati memiganhu yekuwedzera kweNazi yemapurojekiti makuru, uye kuwedzera kwebasa renhoroondo yeGerman uye kukosha mudunhu rino, Krencker akarumbidza chirongwa chaMarch se "chiroto chehunyanzvi, chinomiririra chiitiko chisingawanzoitika uye chikuru chetsika yeGerman icho chichabatsira kubwinya kwekare kweGerman kweBelgrade". Mazuva mashomanene bedzi pashure pokunge vasayendisiti veGermany vabva munhare, Germany yakarwisa Yugoslavia pa
6 April 1941. Nzvimbo yeOlympic yakasundirwa parutivi, ichichinjisa ngwariro yavaGermany kunzverwo yezvokuchera matongo yenhare mukati mehondo.