Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - NKVD ta kama Meretskov a farkon mamayewar Tarayyar Soviet. An sake shi watanni biyu bayan haka, ya koma ya jagoranci rundunar soja ta 7 kuma daga baya Volkhov Front a lokacin yakin Leningrad na 1941-1944. Ya umurci Karelian Front daga Fabrairun 1944, musamman na Petsamo<unk>Kirkenes Offensive na Oktoba 1944. Daga Afrilu 1945 an tura shi zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda ya umurci gaba a lokacin mamayewar Soviet na Manchuria na Japan
Ka yi haƙuri. A lokacin yakin ya kai matsayin Marshal na Tarayyar Soviet.