Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 44th Infantry Division yaiva chikamu chemasimba okutanga ekurwisa muOperation Barbarossa sechikamu cheArmy Group South. Musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, divi rakayambuka rwizi rweBug mumagwa emarubber uye maferi uye rakagadzira 5 mamaira bridgehead. Kukunda kurwisa pamuganhu, boka racho rakafamba nechokumabvazuva riri shure kwezvikamu zvinokurumidza zve1st Panzer Group. Chikamu chacho chakabatanidzwa mu
Hondo yeBrody, ichipikisana neSoviet 34th Tank division, chikamu cheSoviet 8th Mechanized Corps, kumativi. Kwamazuva matatu akatevera, boka racho rakabatsira kupinza zvombo zvechiSoviet, boka guru rezvombo zvechiuto chechi131 rakarova zvombo zveKV II zvairema matani 152, kusvikira masara emauto eSoviet akakomberedzwa akarwa nzira yavo kuenda kumabvazuva. Mushure mokunge mauto eSoviet arwisazve, uye mauto aiva nemichina akadzokera kwaaigona kuunganazve, mauto avo ematangi akaderera zvikuru. Zvisinei, chiito chacho chakanga chakanonoka zvikamu zve1st Panzer Group uye 44th, 111th uye 299th zvikamu zvaizomiswa kwemazuva anoverengeka zvichivhiringidza zvikuru kutevera kwevashandi vari shure kweIII Panzer Corps mberi.