 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Soviet Union, nokuda kwayo imene, yakanyatsocherechedza mamiriro ezvokufambisa muGermany-yakagarwa muCrimea. Kubvira muna June 1943, apo vasori veSoviet vakaziva kuti Nazi Germany yakanga ichivaka zambuko reKerch Strait, mashoko pamusoro paro akapiwa chikamu chaicho mumishumo yevasori yakazotevera. Mauto eSoviet akadzorera ropeway uye akaishandisa zvakanyanya kusimudzira KerchEltigen Operation. VaSoviet vaifarirawo kushandisa zambuko: muna Ndira 1944, kunyange kusunungurwa kweKerch neRed Army iyo yaizoitika musi waApril 11, panguva yeCrimean offensive, State Defense Committee yakaraira kuvakwa kwebhiriji rechitima mhiri kwechiteshi, ichiti bhiriji rakadaro rinofanira kunge rakagadzirira musi wa15 Chikunguru 1944. Pakasunungurwa Kerch magadzirirwo enjiniya akanga achienderera mberi uye kuvaka kwakanga kwatanga mumigwagwa iri pedyo nechokumabvazuva uye mumugwagwa uri pamhenderekedzo yeCaucasus. Mapuratifomu 470 anodzivirira mhepo, pfuti 294 dzinodzivirira mhepo, mwenje 132, ndege dzehondo 96 nemaradar maviri zvakabatanidzwa mukudzivirira nzvimbo yekuvaka kubva pakurwiswa nemhepo uye kuonekwa kwavo. 