Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 22 June, kurwisa kweGermany kweSoviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, kwakatanga. Pakazosvika 27 June, General Staff yeRed Army yakanga isisina ruzivo rwakavimbika kubva kuBelarus Special Military District. Kujekesa mamiriro acho ezvinhu, Ivanov akabhururuka muIlyushin Il-4 achiperekedzwa nevarwi vaviri kuti asangane nomutungamiriri wepamberi Dmitry Pavlov. Pashure pokubhururuka pamusoro pemapoka maviri ematangi eGermany, ndege yaIvanov yakamhara padzimbahwe re3rd Long-range Bomber Aviation Corps. Musi waJuly 29, ndege yake yakasimuka zvakare kuti iedze kuwana dzimbahwe raPavlov asi yakapfurwa. Ivanov nevashandi vake vakakuvadzwa nemabhomba, uye vakaendeswa kuMoscow kunorapwa. Pashure pokusiya chipatara, akadzidzisa paFrunze Military Academy uye akabatanidzwa mukudzivirirwa kweMoscow, achibatsira kuvaka masvingo pedyo nePoklonnaya Hill muna September. Akabviswa pamwe chete nechikoro chacho kuenda kuCentral Asia. Muna March 1942, Ivanov akava mukuru wevashandi ve24th Rifle Corps, chikamu che60th Army. Akarwa muhondo yeDnieper muna September 1943. Nokuda kwezviito zvake munguva yehondo, Ivanov akapiwa Order yeRed Banner musi wa 20 September. Akabva arwa muHondo yeKiev
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