Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Samsonova akabatana neRed Army muna October 1942 apedza chikoro chezvokurapa uye achisiya basa rake rokuvaka. Akagoverwa ku667th Infantry Regiment sechikamu chebasa rekurapa. Mubasa rake akarwa paStalingrad neVoronezh Fronts uye muhondo dzeStalingrad neKursk
. Akanga achizivikanwa pakati pevezera rake nokuda kweushingi hwake mushure mekufambira mberi kweBukrin bridgehead muHondo yeDnieper, musi wa24 Gunyana 1943, umo aive mumwe wekutanga kuyambuka nekuchengetedza bridgehead. Muhondo iyoyo akanga ari mumwe weboka rokutanga rokumhara, uye mukati mokubatwa akauraya varwi vatatu veGermany. Pakati paSeptember 26 na27, pasi pemoto wakasimba wevavengi, akaburitsa varwi vakakuvadzwa vanopfuura makumi matatu kuruboshwe rwekuruboshwe. Mukurwisana nemoto musi waSeptember 27 usiku akabatana nemamwe mauto pakurwisa mauto eGermany, achishandisa pfuti yemotokari nemabhomba muhondo.