Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Muna 1941, panguva yeOperation Barbarossa, Heinrici akashanda mu4th Army pasi paGünther von Kluge semukuru mukuru weXXXXIII Army Corps panguva yeHondo yeBiałystok<unk>Minsk, Hondo yeKiev uye Hondo yeMoscow. Akagamuchira Knight's Cross yeIron Cross muna 1941. Pakupera kwaJanuary 1942, Heinrici akapiwa mutungamiri we4th Army. Musi wa24 Mbudzi 1943 akapiwa Oak Leaves kune Knight's Cross yake yekutungamira kwake panguva yeHondo yeOrsha
, panguva iyo mauto e4 anotora nzvimbo dzekudzivirira padyo nenharaunda yeOrsha muBelarus, akamisa kwenguva pfupi kufambira mberi kweWestern Front inotungamirwa naGeneral Vasiliy Sokolovsky. Munguva yekudzokera shure kwe4th Army, yakakonzera kurasikirwa kukuru kuRed Army yaienderera mberi. Kubudirira uku kwakabatsira zvikuru mukurumbira waHeinrici somunhu aiva nyanzvi yokuzvidzivirira. Gare gare muna 1943 akaramba kuteerera murayiro wokuparadza guta reSmolensk nomoto hondo yeGermany isati yadzokera shure, uye akambobviswa pachinzvimbo chake somutungamiriri wehondo.