Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukati memamwe makore ose a1942 na1943, vaSoviet vakatanga kuwana nzvimbo mukurwisana navaGermany pashure pokunge vakunda muhondo dzematangi dze
Kursk. Panguva iyi, Rommel akanga amanikidzwa kusiya North Africa pashure pokukundwa naMontgomery paEl Alamein mukukunda kwokutanga kwakasimba kweVashandi pamusoro peboka reGermany, zvichiita kuti Churchill azivise kuti "kuguma kwokutanga". Pamativi anoverengeka ehondo, "Wehrmacht" yakasangana nokurasikirwa kwakakomba uko yakanga isingagoni kutsiva. Hitler akatsungawo kuita mutemo waiti "ramba wakamira pasinei nokuti chii chinoitika" uyo wairambidza kurega chero nzvimbo ipi zvayo. Akatevera mutemo wokuti "kurwa kusvikira kumunhu wokupedzisira" uyo wakanga usingabatsiri zvachose. Pakutanga kwa1944, Hitler akanga arasikirwa nechinangwa chose muSoviet Union, uye akanga achitamburira kunyange kudzora mafungu akanga achimutadzira.