Battle of Sevastopol (1944)

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The Battle of Sevastopol (1944) was a major World War II engagement in which Soviet forces recaptured the strategic Black Sea port of Sevastopol from German and Romanian troops, effectively securing control of Crimea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Battle of Sevastopol (1944)
surface form: Sevastopol Offensive (1944)
axisForces German 17th Army
Romanian units
belligerent Red Army
Romanian Land Forces
surface form: Romanian Army

Wehrmacht
commander Andrei Yeremenko NERFINISHED
Fyodor Tolbukhin
Konstantin Leselidze
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Nazi Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
dateEnd 1944-05-12
dateStart 1944-04-08
follows Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
front 4th Ukrainian Front
historicalPeriod 1944 in the Soviet Union
involvesMilitaryUnit 17th Army
4th Ukrainian Front
Romanian 3rd Army
Separate Coastal Army
location Black Sea region
Crimea
Sevastopol
objective expulsion of Axis forces from Crimea
liberation of Sevastopol
operationName Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation
surface form: Sevastopol Offensive Operation
opposingCommander Karl-Adolf Hollidt
Karl-Allmendinger
Petre Dumitrescu
outcome restoration of Soviet naval base at Sevastopol
partOf Crimean offensive (1944)
surface form: Crimean Offensive

Eastern Front of World War II
precededBy Crimean offensive (1944)
surface form: Battle of the Crimea (1944)
relatedEvent Crimean offensive (1944)
surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
result Axis evacuation from Sevastopol
Soviet control of Crimea
Soviet victory
recapture of Sevastopol by Soviet forces
sovietForces Soviet Black Sea Fleet
surface form: Black Sea Fleet

Soviet Ground Forces
surface form: Red Army ground forces

Soviet Air Forces
strategicImportance key port city in Crimea
major Black Sea naval base
territorialChange Crimea returned to Soviet control
theater Southern sector of the Eastern Front

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Crimean offensive (1944) includedBattle Battle of Sevastopol (1944)
Battle of Perekop (1944) followedBy Battle of Sevastopol (1944)
this entity surface form: Siege and capture of Sevastopol (1944)
Battle of Perekop (1944) relatedTo Battle of Sevastopol (1944)
this entity surface form: Sevastopol Offensive (1944)
Battle of Sevastopol (1944) alsoKnownAs Battle of Sevastopol (1944)
this entity surface form: Sevastopol Offensive (1944)
Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation battle Battle of Sevastopol (1944)