Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa1941, 335th Infantry Division yakatumirwa kunzvimbo iri pedyo nemuganhu pakati peFrance yakatorwa neVichy France. Panguva ino yakanga yasvika simba ravashandi vanopfuura 13 200. Pashure pokupinda kweAllied muFrench North Africa
muna November 1942, mauto eGermany akapinda muVichy France mubasa raizivikanwa se"Case Anton". Sechikamu cheizvi, 335th, ichangobva kushandurwa kuita divi rekurwisa, yakatora chiteshi cheMarseilles. Pashure pemwedzi mishanu muVichy France, yakatamiswa kuEastern Front. Rakarwa muhondo dzinoverengeka dzokurwisana neSoviet, kusanganisira hondo dzeKursk uye dzomurwizi rwaDneiper. "Generalmajor" Karl Casper, uyo akanga atora kutungamira kwechikamu kubva kuDennerlein nguva pfupi "Case Anton" isati yasvika, akakuvadzwa panguva yekurwisana paDnieper uye akatsiviwa na "Oberst" Siegfried Rasp.