 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Musi waJune 22, 1941, Romania yakabatana neOperation Barbarossa kudivi reAxis, kuitira kuti idzore nzvimbo dzakarasika dzeBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina, idzo dzakanga dzapindwa neSoviet Union muna June 1940. Macici akarwa ne2nd Army Corps kurwisa maSoviet muDanube Delta panguva yeOperation München, uye gare gare vakaenda kuOdessa. Apo guta rakawa musi wa6 Gumiguru 1941 mushure mekukombwa kwemwedzi miviri, Macici ne2nd Corps yake vakatora guta racho. Musi wa22 Gumiguru, bhomba rakaputika padzimbahwe reRomania 10th Infantry Division, richiuraya vanhu 67, kusanganisira maofficial 16. Marshal Ion Antonescu akarayira kutsiva vaJudha uye vaKomonisiti; chiitiko ichi chakazozivikanwa se1941 Odessa massacre. Musi wa 23 Gumiguru, General akarayira Macici kuti aende kuOdessa, aine basa rekuisa General pakutungamira kwe10th Infantry Division, kuti aongorore zvikonzero zvekurwiswa, uye kuronga zviitiko zvechiuto muguta. Musi wa 24 Gumiguru, Macici akagamuchira teregiramu kubva kuna Antonescu, achiraira kuurayiwa kwevaJudha vese vakanga vapotera muOdessa, pamwe nevanhu vese vakasungwa vaine chekuita nekuputika bhomba; rairo iyi yakaitwa gare gare zuva iroro naLt. Col. Nicolae Deleanu naMihail Niculescu. 