Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana whakaingoatanga ki te ope Whero, i haere ia ki te Kura Whakatere o Orel i mua i tana tohatoha ki te pakanga i te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki te Soviet Union me te taumata o te kaitiaki iti hei waahanga o te 412th Rifle Regiment. I kite ia i te whawhai i runga i te
Ko te taha ki te Hauauru, Don, ki te Hauauru-ki-te-Raki me te taha o te Steppe. I whara kino ia e rua i te haurua tuarua o te tau 1941, ana i te mutunga o te tau 1941 i whakatairangahia ia ki te tūranga o te rangatira o te roopu. Whai muri i tana tohu i tetahi akoranga pupuhi i te tau 1942 i haere tonu ia ki te mahi hei rangatira o te roopu tae noa ki te wa i whara kino ai ia i te marama o Tihema. I taua tau ano ka uru ia ki te rōpū Communist.