Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa1940, Kurume akatanga mabasa ekugadzirira, sezvo akarongawo kugadziridzwa kwechikamu cheiyo nhare kunze kwenzvimbo yemitambo, zvakare. Iye akakurudzira nzvero yezvinocherwa mumatongo ndokukoka wezvenhau wokuGermany Daniel Krencker kuti adzidze kuchera. Mukati memiganhu yekuwedzera kweNazi yemapurojekiti makuru, uye kuwedzera kwebasa renhoroondo yeGerman uye kukosha mudunhu rino, Krencker akarumbidza chirongwa chaMarch se "chiroto chehunyanzvi, chinomiririra chiitiko chisingawanzoitika uye chikuru chetsika yeGerman icho chichabatsira kubwinya kwekare kweGerman kweBelgrade". Mazuva mashomanene bedzi pashure pokunge masayendisiti eGermany asiya nhare yacho, Germany yakarwisa Yugoslavia pana April 6, 1941
. Nzvimbo yeOlympic yakasundirwa parutivi, ichichinjisa ngwariro yavaGermany kunzverwo yezvokuchera matongo yenhare mukati mehondo.