Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1941, n'oge Operation Barbarossa, Heinrici jere ozi na ndị agha nke anọ n'okpuru Günther von Kluge dị ka onye isi ndị ọchịagha nke ndị agha XXXXIII n'oge Agha Białystok <unk> Minsk, Agha nke Kiev na Agha nke Moscow. O nwetara Knight's Cross nke Iron Cross na 1941. Na ngwụcha Jenụwarị 1942, e nyere Heinrici iwu nke ndị agha nke anọ. N'abalị iri abụọ na anọ n'ọnwa Nọvemba n'afọ 1943, e nyere ya Oak Leaves na Knight's Cross maka onye ndu ya n'oge agha ahụ.
Agha Orsha, nke ndị agha nke anọ na-ewere ọnọdụ nchebe dị nso na mpaghara Orsha na Belarus, kwụsịrị nwa oge ọganihu nke Western Front nke General Vasiliy Sokolovsky duziri. N'oge ndị agha nke anọ na-alaghachi azụ, ọ kpatara nnukwu mfu na Red Army na-aga n'ihu. Ihe ịga nke ọma ndị a nyere aka nke ukwuu n'ime ka a mara Heinrici dị ka ọkachamara n'ịgbachitere onwe ya. Ka e mesịrị na 1943, ọ jụrụ irube isi n'iwu e nyere ka e jiri ọkụ bibie obodo Smolensk tupu ndị agha Germany alaghachi, e wepụrụ ya n'ọkwá ya dị ka ọchịagha ruo nwa oge.