I hangaia i te tuatahi i te marama o Hanuere 1941, i mahi ia ki te 6th Army, Kiev Special Military District i raro i te whakahau a General Major Andrey Vlasov i te timatanga o te Tiamana Operation Barbarossa i te marama o Pipiri 1941. I te 22 o Hune 1941 ko te 4th Mechanized Corps kei roto i nga hoia 28,098 me nga tanki 979. I te tuatahi ko te 8th me te 32nd Tank Divisions, te 81st Mechanized Division, te 3rd Motorcycle Regiment, me etahi atu waahanga iti. I whawhai i te Pakanga o Brody
, a i whakangaromia i roto i te Pocket Uman i Akuhata 1941 me te 6 o nga ope taua ka wahia i muri tata mai.