Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa23 August 1939, Germany neSoviet Union dzakasaina Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop, chaiva nechibvumirano chakavanzika chaiparadzanisa kumabvazuva kweEurope muzvikamu zvine simba. Kupinda kweGermany muchikamu chayo chePoland pasi peChibvumirano mazuva masere gare gare kwakatungamirira kukuvamba kweHondo yeNyika II. Pakupera kwa1941, Germany yakanga yatora chikamu chikuru cheEurope uye mauto ayo akanga achirwisana neSoviet Union, achida kutora Moscow. Zvisinei, kukundwa kwakakomba paHondo yeStalingrad neHondo yeKursk kwakaparadza mauto eGermany. Ikoku, kwakabatanidzwa nokumhara kweVamubatanidzwa vokuMadokero muFrance uye
Italy, yakatungamirira kuhondo yenyika nhatu yakaparadza mauto eGermany uye yakaguma nokukundwa kweGermany muna 1945.