Battle of Odessa (1941)

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battle siege

The Battle of Odessa (1941) was a major World War II siege on the Black Sea port of Odessa, where Axis forces led by Romania fought to capture the heavily fortified city from the Soviet Union.

Aliases (2)

Defense of Odessa (1941) ×1
Siege of Odessa (1941) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → siege →
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Odessa (1941) →
attacker	Kingdom of Romania → Nazi Germany →
belligerent	Kingdom of Romania → Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
campaign	Axis invasion of the Soviet Union → Operation Barbarossa southern sector →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
commander	Georgy Sofronov NERFINISHED → Gheorghe Avramescu → Ion Antonescu → Ivan Petrov NERFINISHED → Nicolae Ciupercă →
conflictIn	World War II →
countryAtTime	Soviet Union →
defender	Soviet Union →
defensiveForce	Black Sea Fleet naval units → Soviet Separate Coastal Army →
duration	about 73 days →
endDate	1941-10-16 →
evacuation	Soviet evacuation of troops by sea to Sevastopol →
evacuationDate	1941-10-01 to 1941-10-16 →
followedBy	Axis occupation of Odessa → Odessa massacre (1941) →
front	Southern Front (Soviet) →
hasLocation	Black Sea coast → Odessa → Soviet Union → Ukrainian SSR →
modernLocation	Odesa, Ukraine →
notableFeature	extensive Soviet fortifications around Odessa → large-scale Romanian participation on the Eastern Front → use of Odessa catacombs for defense and partisan activity →
objective	capture of the port of Odessa →
offensiveForce	German 11th Army elements → Romanian 4th Army →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II →
precededBy	Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region →
result	Axis victory → capture of Odessa by Axis forces →
RomanianCasualtiesEstimate	over 90,000 total casualties →
SovietCasualtiesEstimate	tens of thousands of casualties →
SovietCiviliansEvacuatedEstimate	tens of thousands of civilians →
SovietTroopsEvacuatedEstimate	about 86,000 troops →
startDate	1941-08-08 →
strategicImportance	key Soviet logistics hub in southern Ukraine → major Black Sea naval base →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Odessa (1941) ("Siege of Odessa (1941)") →	alsoKnownAs
Romanian 4th Army →	engagement
Soviet Black Sea Fleet ("Defense of Odessa (1941)") →	notableOperation