Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bhiriji rakavakwa muna 1942, panguva yekugara kweGerman, nekuti iro chete bhiriji rakasara kuyambuka rwizi Sava panguva iyoyo rakaputswa. Nokuda kwechikonzero ichocho, chinangwa chebhiriji racho chaiva chokufambisa pakati pemhenderekedzo mbiri dzorwizi. Kuvakwa kwebhiriji kwakarongwa kuiswa pamusoro perwizi rweTisa pedyo neŽabalj, asi kuparadzwa kweKing Aleksandar bridge nemaGerman panguva yekubhomba kweBelgrade musi wa6 Kubvumbi 1941
, kwakatungamirira kukuvakwa kwezvivako zvisere pamusoro porwizi rwaSava. Yakadimburwa-dimburwa ndokuendeswa kuBelgrade. Bhiriji racho rakagadzirwa uye rakavakwa nekambani yokuDortmund, kuGermany. Chivako chesimbi chinotsigira, chakanga chakaita separabhorosi, chakaiswa pamapango emapuranga enguva pfupi uye zambuko racho rakanga rapedzwa zvizere mumwedzi mitanhatu. Nemhaka yokuvaka kwayo kwakareruka, zambuko racho rakanga richiri risina kukwana nokuda kwemichina inorema nemotokari, saka vaGermany vakasarudza kugadzirisa Old Railway Bridge.