Kunyange zvazvo zvirongwa zvakaitwa zvekurwisa Moscow zvakare, musi wa 28 June 1942, kurwisa kwakavhurwazve mune imwe nzira. Boka reMauto reSouth rakatora danho racho, richivakira hondo yeVoronezh
uye ipapo kutevera rwizi rwaDon kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Urongwa hukuru hwacho hwaiva hwokutanga kuchengetedza rwizi rweDon neVolga uye kuzopinda muCaucasus vakananga kuminda yemafuta, asi kufunga kwokuita basa uye kuzvikudza kwaHitler kwakaita kuti arayire kuti zvinangwa zviviri izvi zviitwe panguva imwe chete. Rostov yakatorwazve musi wa 24 Chikunguru apo 1st Panzer Army yakabatana, uye ipapo boka iro rakaenda kumaodzanyemba kwakananga Maikop. Sechikamu cheizvi, Operation Shamil yakaitwa, chirongwa umo boka reBrandenburger commandos rakapfeka semasoja eSoviet NKVD kukanganisa kudzivirirwa kwaMaikop uye kubvumira 1st Panzer Army kupinda muguta remafuta nekushora kushoma.