Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 15 June 1941, vhiki imwe chete pamberi pokupinda kweNazi Germany muRussia, Vitkauskas akatumirwa kuMilitary Academy yeGeneral 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 nemhaka yokudzingwa kwaJune
. 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.