Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweGreat Patriotic War, akatungamira 7th Mechanized Corps' artillery formations. Kazakov akatora chikamu muhondo dzeSmolensk neMoscow, uye akagadzira nzira nyowani dzekushandisa zvombo zvinopesana nematangi, izvo zvakagamuchirwa neuto rese. Muna July 1942 akaitwa mukuru wemauto aRokossovsky kuBryansk Front. Muchiitiko ichocho, akaramba achishanda naGeneral paStalingrad, Don, Central uye 1st Belorussian Fronts. Musi wa 17 Mbudzi 1942, akava Lieutenant General, uye akaitwa Colonel-General musi wa 18 Gunyana 1943. Kazakov akanga ari pakati pevarongi vemitsetse yokudzivirira yakadzika yeKursk
. Akatora chikamu muLower Dnieper Offensive, muOperation Bagration uye muhondo mukati meGermany. Nokuda kwebasa rake muVistula-Oder Offensive, Kazakov akapiwa zita reHero of the Soviet Union (Medal no. 5871) musi wa 6 April 1945.