Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna Chikumi 1941 nekutanga kweOperation Barbarossa, Kleist akatungamira 1st Panzer Group sechikamu cheArmy Group South - yakapihwa basa rekutora Moldavia neUkraine - uye akaona budiriro muchikamu chekutanga chekupinda, achifambira mberi mukati meUkraine. 1st Panzer Group yakapfuura nepakati peStalin Line, ikakurira mauto mashanu akaitwa michina eSoviet 5th Army ne6th Army mu
Hondo yeBrody (23 kusvika 30 June 1941). Muna Chikunguru 1941 panguva yeHondo yeUman, 1st Panzer Group yakaputsa mitsara yeSoviet Southern Front, zvichitungamira mukukomberedzwa nekuparadzwa kweSoviet 6th uye 12th mauto kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweUman guta (muzuva ranhasi Cherkasy Oblast). Munguva yeHondo Yekutanga yeKiev yaNyamavhuvhu-Gunyana 1941, 1st Panzer Group yakatendeukira kuchamhembe kubva pakati peUkraine pamwe chete ne2nd Panzer Group yekuenda kumaodzanyemba kubva kuSmolensk yakatungamira kukomberedzwa nekuparadzwa kweSoviet Southwestern Front kumabvazuva kweKiev, ichikonzera kurasikirwa kwevanopfuura mazana matanhatu ezviuru kuRed Army. Zvisinei, hondo yacho yakanga yave ichidhura, panguva iyoyo mauto eGermany akanga achingova nehafu yetangi raaiva naro mwedzi mitatu yakanga yapfuura.