Soviet Separate Coastal Army

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The Soviet Separate Coastal Army was a Red Army formation that played a key role in defending key Black Sea coastal cities, notably during the 1941 siege of Odessa in World War II.

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Soviet Separate Coastal Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
field army
allegiance Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
associatedWith Black Sea coastal cities
branch Ground forces
surface form: Ground Forces
conflict Eastern Front
World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union
disbandedIn 1944
engagedAgainst Romanian Land Forces
surface form: Romanian Army

Wehrmacht
era World War II
formedIn 1941
front Soviet Southern Front
surface form: Southern Front (Red Army)

Transcaucasian Front
garrison Odesa
surface form: Odessa

Sevastopol
languageOfName Russian
location Black Sea coast
southern USSR
militaryBranch Red Army
notableCommander Georgy Sofronov
Ivan Petrov
notableEngagement Siege of Sevastopol
surface form: Defense of Sevastopol

Battle of Odessa (1941)
surface form: Siege of Odessa (1941)
notableFor defense of Odessa in 1941
prolonged resistance at Sevastopol
originalName Отдельная Приморская армия
partOf Red Army
role coastal defense
defense of naval bases
subordinateTo Soviet High Command
surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
supportedBy Soviet Black Sea Fleet
surface form: Black Sea Fleet
task defend key Black Sea ports
support naval operations of the Black Sea Fleet
theater Black Sea campaigns
surface form: Black Sea theater of World War II
typeOfOperation defensive operations

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Battle of Odessa (1941) defensiveForce Soviet Separate Coastal Army