Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive

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World War II battle military offensive

The Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive was a major Soviet World War II operation in August 1944 that destroyed German and Romanian forces in eastern Romania, leading to Romania’s defection from the Axis and opening the way for the Red Army’s advance into the Balkans.

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Jassy–Kishinev Offensive 3
Jassy–Kishinev offensive 3
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
surface form: Jassy–Kishinev Operation
axisUnit German 6th Army ⓘ
German 8th Army ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ
Romanian 4th Army ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
commander Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderOpposing Johannes Friessner ⓘ
Petre Dumitrescu ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence Romania’s alignment with the Allies ⓘ
Romania’s defection from the Axis ⓘ
Soviet occupation of most of Romania ⓘ
opening of the way for the Red Army’s advance into the Balkans ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
dateEnd 1944-08-29 ⓘ
dateStart 1944-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet advance into Bulgaria ⓘ
Soviet advance into Hungary ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the isolation of German forces in the Balkans ⓘ
major turning point in the Balkans campaign of World War II ⓘ
location Moldavia ⓘ
around Chișinău ⓘ
around Iași ⓘ
eastern Romania ⓘ
operationType encirclement operation ⓘ
opponent Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form: German Army Group South Ukraine

Romanian forces ⓘ
participatingUnit Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front

Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 3rd Ukrainian Front
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 ⓘ
surface form: Soviet 1944 summer offensives
precededBy First Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
result collapse of German front in Romania ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
destruction of German and Romanian forces in eastern Romania ⓘ
strategicObjective encirclement and destruction of German Army Group South Ukraine ⓘ
expulsion of Axis forces from Romania ⓘ
theater Balkan theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Balkan theater of World War II
timePeriod August 1944 ⓘ

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40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
XLVIII Panzer Corps → notableEngagement → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev operations
Rodion Malinovsky → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → hasPart → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front → tookPartIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
this entity surface form: Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Fyodor Tolbukhin → notableWork → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev offensive
53rd Army → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
Uman–Botoșani offensive → followedBy → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev offensive
Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive → alsoKnownAs → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev Operation
Soviet 57th Army → tookPartIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jassy–Kishinev offensive