Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, Voronezh yaiva nzvimbo yokurwisana kwakasimba pakati peuto reRussia neuto reAxis. VaGermany vakariishandisa senzvimbo yokufambira nokuda kwokudenha kwavo Stalingrad, uye vakariita nzvimbo inokosha yokuyambuka Rwizi rwaDon. Muna June 1941, zvivako zviviri zveBM-13 (Fighting machine # 13 "Katyusha") zvakavakwa paVoronezh excavator factory. Muna July, kuvakwa kwe"Katyushas" kwakagadziriswa kuitira kuti kugadzirwa kwavo kuve nyore uye nguva yekudzokorora volley yakapfupiswa kubva pamaminitsi mashanu kusvika pamasekondi gumi nemashanu. Zvikamu zvinopfuura 300 zveBM-13 zvakagadzirwa muVoronezh zvakashandiswa mukurwisa pedyo neMoscow muna December 1941. Pana October 22, 1941, kufambira mberi kwemauto eGermany kwakakurudzira kugadzwa kwedare rokudzivirira muguta racho. Musi waNovember 7, 1941, paiva nokufora kwemauto, kwakanga kwakatsaurirwa kuchirangaridzo cheOctober Revolution. Kufora kwakadaro kwakarongwa katatu bedzi gore iroro: muMoscow, Kuybyshev, uye Voronezh. Mukupera kwaJune 1942, guta racho rakarwiswa
nemauto eGermany neHungary. Vachipindura, mauto eSoviet akaumba Voronezh Front. Pakazosvika July 6, uto reGermany rakanga ratora nzvimbo dzokumadokero dzomumhenderekedzo dzorwizi risati rabatwa neSoviet. Pakazosvika 24 Chikunguru mutsetse wepamberi wakanga wagadzikana pamwe nerwizi rweVoronezh sezvo mauto eGerman akaenderera kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kupinda muGreat Bend yeDon. Kurwiswa kweVoronezh kwakamirira nhambo yokutanga yechiuto cheGermany muna 1942 muSoviet Union, yakatumidzwa kuti Case Blue.