<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Imikhumbi emibili yeBaltic Fleet ayizange idlale indima evelele eMpini YaseYurophu Yokuqala.  <response>: I-Winter War, kodwa babe nezikhali zabo eziphikisana nezindiza zanda kakhulu ngaphambi kwe-Operation Barbarossa ngo-1941. Kodwa-ke lokhu akuzange kusize noma yimuphi umkhumbi njengoba bezama ukuhlinzeka ngosizo lomlilo kubavikeli baseLeningrad. Umnsalo wakhe waqhuma futhi walimala kakhulu ngamabhomu amaningi ngoSepthemba. Eyokuqala yacwiliswa, kodwa kamuva yaphakanyiswa futhi yaba ibhethri elintantayo isikhathi sokuvinjezelwa kweLeningrad ngenkathi eyokugcina ichitha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ilungiswa, yize lokhu kwandiswa ngamabhomu alandelayo ngenkathi isezandleni zesikhungo semikhumbi. Zombili lezi zikebhe zazihlasela amabutho aseJalimane nawaseFinland uma nje ayeseduze, kodwa i-Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya ayizange ihambe iKronstadt phakathi nempi. I-Parizhskaya Kommuna yahlala eSevastopol kwaze kwaba yilapho iphoqeleka ukuba ihambe ngenxa yokuqhubekela phambili kwamabutho aseJalimane. Wenza uhambo olulodwa oluya eSevastopol eyayivikelwe ngoDisemba 1941 futhi wenza ukuqhuma kwamabhomu amaningi ukusekela i-Kerch Offensive ngoJanuwari-Mashi 1942. Yakhishwa empini ngo-Ephreli njengoba ubuholi bamaJalimane emoyeni kwakwenze kwaba yingozi kakhulu ukufaka engozini inhloso enkulu kangaka. 