 Pakati pa1941 na1944, Romania yakadzora chikamu chikuru cheUkraine Black Sea mhenderekedzo yegungwa kumabvazuva kweCrimea. Izvi zvakawanikwa mukati meOperation Barbarossa. Kukunda kweRomania kwemahombekombe eSoviet Western Black Sea kwakatanga muna Chikunguru 1941 panguva ye Operation Munichuye yakaguma muna October wegore iroro, pashure pokukombwa kweOdessa. Somugumisiro wezvakaitwa izvi, Romania yakawana zvikamu zviviri zvitsva zvemahombekombe: gungwa reBessarabian neTransnistrian Coast. Yokupedzisira yakarasika muna April 1944, asi yokutanga yakadzivirirwa nokubudirira kusvikira muna August 1944. 