Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa15 June 1941, vhiki imwe chete Nazi yeGermany isati yapinda muRussia, Vitkauskas akatumirwa kuMilitary Academy of the General Staff muMoscow kunopedza makosi evakuru vakuru. Yakanga iri rutivi rwomubato mukuru wokutumira vakuru vakuru veLithuania kumakosi akasiyana-siyana ndokuvatsiva navaRussia. Tsananguro mbiri dzinopiwa <unk> somugadziriro wokupinda kweGermany kana kuti sechinhu chokungwarira kupandukira kunobvira kunokonzerwa ne
Kudzingwa munyika muna June. Maererano nomudzimai waVitkaukas, mirayiridzo yokuenda kuMoscow yakanga ichikurumidzira uye Vitkauskas akaiswa pasi pomurindi ane zvombo pachiteshi chezvitima. Pashure pokupedza makosi muna December 1941, akadzidzisa nzira dzemauto makuru. Akanga ari nhengo yeSupreme Soviet yeSoviet Union kubva muna 1941 kusvika muna 1954.