<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yasebusika ngo-1939, iTurku yahlaselwa kakhulu amabutho ezindiza aseSoviet, kodwa iCrichton-Vulcan yakugwema ukulimala okukhulu. Lapho kufika ukuthula ngo-1940, iFinland yasayina isivumelwano esisha sokuhwebelana neSoviet Union futhi ngokushesha uStaffans kanye neSoviet Machinoimport basayina inkontileka yezikebhe ezine zokudonsa; lokhu kwalandelwa omunye umyalelo wezikebhe ezingu-12 ezinkulu kakhulu zohlobo olufanayo. Akukho mkhumbi owodwa owawungalethwa ngaphambi  <response>: IFinland yaphinde yalwa neSoviet Union ehlobo lika-1941. Kodwa-ke, uStaffans wathola umthengi omusha: wavuma ukuletha imikhumbi ku-Kriegsmarine yaseJalimane esikhundleni salokho, futhi iyadi yathola ama-oda ambalwa emikhumbi efanayo evela eJalimane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uStaffans wasayina izinkontileka zemikhumbi yezimpahla eJalimane. Ingqikithi yemikhumbi engu - 38 yanikezwa iJalimane ngaphambi kokuba iFinland ingene empini neJalimane ngo - September 1944. Indawo yokulimala yalimala kakhulu eMpini Engapheli. 