 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisana kwekutanga uye kwakanyanya kukosha kwakaitika musi wa 26 Chikumi 1941, apo boka rebasa reSoviet rakarwisa Constanța. Kurwiswa kweConstanțayaisanganisira chete kuparadza-kukura kubatana paGungwa Dema munguva yehondo apo Romanian vanoparadza Marasti uye Regina Maria kwenguva pfupi vakatarisana nevanoparadza Moskva uye Leningrad zvose zveLeningrad-kirasi. Zvikamu zvose zviri zviviri zveSoviet zvakakanganiswa zvishoma panguva yekubatana, uye Moskva yakanyura mumunda wemamineti. Somugumisiro wechiito ichi, uku vachichengetedza hukuru hwegungwa muGungwa Dema, ngarava dzeSoviet Navy dzakanangana zvakanyanya mukuita amphibious operations uye kutsigira pasi panguva yeKukombwa kweOdessa. 