Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, misha yevanhu yakaparadzwa nemaune pamwero mukuru, zvikurukuru kuEastern Front zvichitevera mirayiridzo yomutungamiriri wehurumende yeSoviet Joseph Stalin yokuparadza dzimba, mapurazi neminda kuti varege kushandiswa nemauto aNazi Germany aifambira mberi. Belarus yakanga iri imwe yenzvimbo dzakakanganiswa zvikuru, ichitambura kuparadzwa kwakarongeka kweanenge 75% edzimba dzomumaguta nemisha yakawanda. Mapato ose ari maviri akabatanidzwawo mukuvavarira kukuru kunongedza dzimba dzevagari vemo mumisangano yavo yekurwisa mabhomba. VaGermany vakadzokorora kakawanda kurwisa mabhomba kusina rusaruro munzvimbo dzaiva nevanhuwo zvavo, zvakadai sokurwisa mabhomba kweBelgrade
muna 1941 neBaedeker Blitz yokurwisa England muna 1942, uye maAllies akatsvaka kuodza mwoyo vashandi veGermany kupfurikidza nokuparadza misha yavo - bumbiro rinozivikanwa nenzira yokuzvideredza sokudzinga mudzimba. Inenge 25% yedzimba dzeGermany dzakaparadzwa kana kukuvadzwa zvakanyanya mumakambani ekubhomba akazotevera eAllied, nemamwe maguta akatambura kurasikirwa kusvika ku97% yemisha yevagari vemo.