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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Crimean Offensive 7
Crimean Offensive (1944) 7
Crimean offensive (1944) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II Eastern Front operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
axisArmyCommander Erwin Jaenecke ⓘ
axisForces German 17th Army ⓘ
surface form: 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 Land Forces ⓘ
surface form: Romanian Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
campaign Soviet 1944 spring offensives ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander Andrey Yeremenko ⓘ
surface form: Andrei Yeremenko

Erwin Jaenecke ⓘ
Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ
Petre Dumitrescu ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1944-05-12 ⓘ
followedBy Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
includedBattle Battle of Perekop (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Sevastopol (1944) ⓘ
Kerch–Eltigen Operation follow‑up actions ⓘ
location Crimea ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Peninsula
militaryUnitInvolved 4th Ukrainian Front ⓘ
Soviet Black Sea Fleet ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea Fleet

German 17th Army ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ
surface form: Romanian 3rd Army elements

Separate Coastal Army ⓘ
objective recapture the Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
opponent German 17th Army ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ
surface form: Romanian 3rd Army units
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943) ⓘ
surface form: Kerch–Eltigen Operation
result Axis forces expelled from Crimea ⓘ
Soviet victory ⓘ
sovietForces 4th Ukrainian Front ⓘ
surface form: 4th Ukrainian Front and Separate Coastal Army
sovietFrontCommander Andrey Yeremenko ⓘ
surface form: Andrei Yeremenko

Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Andrey Yeremenko → participatedIn → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
Crimean campaign → notableBattle → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
German 17th Army → notableOperation → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula → includes → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean offensive (Kerch sector)
Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943) → followedBy → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
Black Sea campaigns → notableBattle → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
4th Ukrainian Front → engagedIn → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
Fyodor Tolbukhin → notableWork → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
Southern sector of the Eastern Front → notableCampaign → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
Separate Coastal Army → notableEngagement → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
Battle of Perekop (1944) → partOf → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
Battle of Perekop (1944) → relatedTo → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
Crimean Peninsula returned to Soviet control → hasMilitaryOperation → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
Soviet 1944 spring offensives → includes → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean offensive
Battle of Sevastopol (1944) → partOf → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
Battle of Sevastopol (1944) → precededBy → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Crimea (1944)
Battle of Sevastopol (1944) → relatedEvent → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation → alsoKnownAs → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive
Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation → alsoKnownAs → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive Operation
17. Armee → notableBattle → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)
47th Army (Soviet Union) → participatedIn → Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)