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Name: Red Army Crimean Offensive

Type: Event

Start: 1944 AD

End: 1944 AD

Parent: World War II (Eastern Theatre)

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Was a series of offensives by the Red Army that ended with the evacuation of Crimea by the Germans.

Chronology


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  • April 1944: Eupatoria, Simferopol and Feodosiya were occupied by USSR forces on April 13.
  • April 1944: Soviet Independent Maritime Army captures Yalta, in the Crimea.
  • May 1944: Sevastopol falls to Soviet forces.
  • April 1944: Soviet forces in the Crimea break through enemy defenses on Kerch Peninsula to seize Kerch.
  • April 1944: On the morning of April 11, the Soviet 19th Panzer Corps under Major General Vasilyev occupied Dzhankoi.

  • Selected Sources


  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 186
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 187
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 191
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