Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna May 1941 Panzer Group 1 yakabatanidzwa neField Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South pakutanga kweOperation Barbarossa. Pakutanga kweOperation Barbarossa muna Chikumi 1941, Panzer Group 1 yaisanganisira III, XIV uye XLVIII Mauto Mauto (ane mota) aine zvikamu zvishanu zvepanzer uye zvikamu zvina zvine mota (zviviri zvacho SS) zvakagadzirirwa matangi mazana manomwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe. Panzer Group 1 yakashanda muchikamu chekumaodzanyemba cheEastern Front kurwisana neRed Army uye yakabatanidzwa mu
Hondo yeBrody iyo yaibatanidza matangi eRed Army anosvika 3 000. Zvikamu zveBoka zvakavhara kukomberedza mauto eSoviet pedyo neUman uye pedyo neKiev. Pashure pokuwa kweKiev Panzer Group 1 yakawedzerwa kuva 1st Panzer Army (musi waOctober 6, 1941) naKleist achiri kutungamira. Mauto akatora Rostov, asi akamanikidzwa kudzokera shure mazuva masere gare gare.