Battle of Odessa (1941)

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
siege
alsoKnownAs Battle of Odessa (1941)
surface form: Siege of Odessa (1941)
attacker Kingdom of Romania
Nazi Germany
belligerent Kingdom of Romania
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
campaign Operation Barbarossa
surface form: Axis invasion of the Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa southern sector
casualties heavy on both sides
commander Georgy Sofronov
Gheorghe Avramescu
Ion Antonescu
Ivan Petrov
Nicolae Ciupercă
conflictIn World War II
countryAtTime Soviet Union
defender Soviet Union
defensiveForce Soviet Black Sea Fleet
surface form: 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 German occupation of Ukraine
surface form: Axis occupation of Odessa

Odessa massacre (1941)
front Soviet Southern Front
surface form: Southern Front (Soviet)
hasLocation Black Sea coast
Odesa
surface form: Odessa

Soviet Union
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian SSR
modernLocation Odesa
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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Romanian 4th Army engagement Battle of Odessa (1941)
Soviet Black Sea Fleet notableOperation Battle of Odessa (1941)
this entity surface form: Defense of Odessa (1941)
Battle of Odessa (1941) alsoKnownAs Battle of Odessa (1941)
this entity surface form: Siege of Odessa (1941)
Lyudmila Pavlichenko battle Battle of Odessa (1941)
this entity surface form: Siege of Odessa
Operation Barbarossa southern sector majorBattle Battle of Odessa (1941)
Soviet Separate Coastal Army notableEngagement Battle of Odessa (1941)
this entity surface form: Siege of Odessa (1941)
Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region followedBy Battle of Odessa (1941)
this entity surface form: Siege of Odessa
Odessa massacre (1941) responsibleAuthority Battle of Odessa (1941)
this entity surface form: Romanian military command in Odessa