Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuHondo Yenyika II, guta racho rakakuvadzwazve zvikuru, uye Nazi Germany yakaribata kubva musi wa19 September 1941 kusvika
6 November 1943. Mauto eAxis akauraya kana kuti akabata varwi veSoviet vanopfuura 600 000 muhondo huru yeKiev muna 1941. Vakawanda vevakanga vatapwa havana kuzombodzoka vari vapenyu. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge Wehrmacht yatora guta racho, boka revakuru veNKVD vakanga varamba vakavanda rakaparadza zvivako zvakawanda zviri paKhreshchatyk, mumugwagwa mukuru weguta racho, umo mauto eGermany nevakuru vehurumende vakanga vatora zvivako zvakawanda; zvivako zvakapiswa kwemazuva uye vanhu 25 000 vakasara vasina pokugara.