Crimean offensive (1944)

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World War II Eastern Front operation military offensive

The Crimean offensive (1944) was a major World War II Soviet operation that recaptured the Crimean Peninsula from German and Romanian forces.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II Eastern Front operation → military offensive →
alsoKnownAs	Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation →
axisArmyCommander	Erwin Jaenecke NERFINISHED →
axisForces	German 17th Army and Romanian units →
axisForcesEvacuatedAcross	Black Sea →
axisForcesEvacuatedFrom	Sevastopol →
axisLosses	large numbers of German and Romanian troops killed, captured, or evacuated →
belligerent	Red Army → Romanian Army → Wehrmacht →
campaign	Soviet 1944 spring offensives →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
commander	Andrei Yeremenko NERFINISHED → Erwin Jaenecke NERFINISHED → Fyodor Tolbukhin NERFINISHED → Petre Dumitrescu →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Kingdom of Romania → Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
endDate	1944-05-12 →
followedBy	Lvov–Sandomierz offensive →
includedBattle	Battle of Perekop (1944) → Battle of Sevastopol (1944) → Kerch–Eltigen Operation follow‑up actions →
location	Crimea → Crimean Peninsula →
militaryUnitInvolved	4th Ukrainian Front → Black Sea Fleet → German 17th Army → Romanian 3rd Army elements → Separate Coastal Army →
objective	recapture the Crimean Peninsula →
opponent	German 17th Army → Romanian 3rd Army units →
partOf	Eastern Front (World War II) →
precededBy	Kerch–Eltigen Operation →
result	Axis forces expelled from Crimea → Soviet victory →
sovietForces	4th Ukrainian Front and Separate Coastal Army →
sovietFrontCommander	Andrei Yeremenko NERFINISHED → Fyodor Tolbukhin NERFINISHED →
startDate	1944-04-08 →
strategicSignificance	denied Axis use of Crimean air and naval bases → secured Soviet southern flank on the Eastern Front →
territorialChange	Crimean Peninsula returned to Soviet control →
theater	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943) ("Crimean Offensive (1944)") →	followedBy
World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula ("Crimean offensive (Kerch sector)") →	includes
Crimean campaign ("Crimean Offensive") →	notableBattle
German 17th Army ("Crimean Offensive (1944)") →	notableOperation
Andrey Yeremenko →	participatedIn