Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yokumaodzanyemba yeGermany yakatanga nokukurudzira kutora Crimea, iyo yakaguma nenjodzi nokuda kweRed Army. Stalin akatsoropodza pachena utungamiriri hwavakuru vake vehondo. Mukurwisa kwavo kumaodzanyemba, vaGermany vakatora vasungwa veRed Army 625 000 muna July naAugust 1942 voga. Panguva imwe cheteyo, mumusangano muMoscow, Churchill akaudza Stalin pachivande kuti vaBritain navaAmerica vakanga vasati vagadzirira kuita kumhara kwamakungwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeFrance yakasimbiswa neNazi muna 1942, uye vaizonangidzira nhamburiko dzavo
vaipinda muNorth Africa yaitongwa neGermany. Akavimbisa mushandirapamwe wokurwisa mabhomba makuru, kubatanidza vavariro dzevagari vemo veGermany.