Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 1st Panzer Division yakabatanidzwa muchikamu chekumaodzanyemba cheEastern Front kuti ishandire zvakasiyana mukati me1st ne4th Panzer Army sesimba rekukurumidzira. Yakanga ichiramba ichingokandwa kubva panzvimbo yenhamo kuenda kunzvimbo yenhamo sezvo mitsetse yapamberi yeGermany yakadzokera shure, ichitora rutivi muhondo paKiev
, Zhitomir naCherkassy. Hondo yokupedzisira yakaona boka racho richiedza kupfuurira kusvika kumudziyo asi richingokundikana. Pakazosvika March 1944, boka racho rakanga raderedzwa kusvika ku25 muzana yevarume varo. Achidzokera kumadokero, divi racho raive chikamu chehomwe yeKamenets-Podolsky uye, kubva ipapo, vakatora chikamu mukudzivirira kumabvazuva kwePoland neHungary. Yakanga iri mubasa rokudzivirira rakapoteredza Lake Balaton uye yakabatanidzwa mukuedza kusina kubudirira kupfuurira kuKukombwa kweBudapest uye zvakare yakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru.