Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 23 August 1939, Germany neSoviet Union dzakasaina Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop, icho chaiva nechibvumirano chakavanzika chaiparadzanisa Eastern Europe munzvimbo dzesimba. Kupinda kweGermany muchikamu chayo chePoland pasi peChibvumirano mazuva masere gare gare kwakatungamirira kukuvamba kweHondo yeNyika II. Pakupera kwa1941, Germany yakanga yatora chikamu chikuru cheEurope uye mauto ayo akanga achirwisana neSoviet Union, achida kutora Moscow. Zvisinei, kukundwa kwakakomba paHondo yeStalingrad neHondo yeKursk kwakaparadza mauto eGermany. Ikoku, kwakabatanidzwa nokumhara kweHondo Dzakabatana dzokuMadokero muFrance neItaly
, yakatungamirira kuhondo yenyika nhatu yakaderedza mauto eGermany uye yakaguma nokukundwa kweGermany muna 1945.