Crimean campaign

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World War II military operation military campaign

The Crimean campaign was a major World War II military operation in which Axis forces, led by Germany and its allies, fought the Soviet Union for control of the Crimean Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military operation →
military campaign →
belligerent Axis powers →
Nazi Germany →
Soviet Union →
conflict World War II →
consequence destruction of infrastructure in Crimea →
heavy casualties on both sides →
front Eastern Front →
goal control of the Crimean Peninsula →
involvedCountry Germany →
Hungary →
Italy →
Romania →
Soviet Union →
involvedMilitaryBranch German Army →
Luftwaffe →
Soviet Air Forces →
Soviet Army →
location Crimea →
Crimean Peninsula →
militaryObjective capture of Sevastopol →
denial of Soviet naval bases in Crimea →
notableBattle Crimean Offensive →
Kerch–Feodosiya landing operation →
Siege of Sevastopol →
opponent Red Army →
partOf Eastern Front of World War II →
relatedTo Black Sea naval operations in World War II →
Eastern Front campaigns of World War II →
result Axis forces expelled from Crimea →
Soviet victory →
strategicImportance control of Black Sea access →
protection of southern flank of Eastern Front →
theaterOfOperations Black Sea region →
timePeriod World War II →
Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
German 17th Army ("Crimean Campaign") →
Luftflotte 4 ("Crimean Campaign") →
notableOperation
Battle of Perekop (1941) ("Crimean campaign (1941–1942)") →
World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula ("Crimean campaign of World War II") →
partOf
Romanian 4th Army →
engagement
Ewald von Kleist →
participantIn
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen →
participatedIn
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