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Crimean offensive

The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea. The Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of Army Group South Ukraine, which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian formations. The battles ended with the evacuation of Crimea by the Germans.

Crimean offensive
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When
8 Apr 1944 – 12 May 1944
Where
Crimea
Era
Modern

Topics

Ukraine896 CE – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991

Before and after

Courland Pocket1944 – 1945Dekemvriana1944 – 1945Show on timeline

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