Battle of Perekop (1941)

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Perekop (1941) was a World War II engagement in which German and Romanian forces broke through Soviet defenses to seize the gateway to the Crimean Peninsula.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Perekop (1941) canonical 1
Soviet Perekop defenses 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
combatantsClassification Axis vs Soviet forces ⓘ
conflictIn World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1941 ⓘ
defensiveLine Battle of Perekop (1941) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Perekop defenses
followedBy Axis operations in interior of Crimea ⓘ
front southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
gatewayTo Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Peninsula
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Eastern Europe ⓘ
location Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Peninsula

Isthmus of Perekop ⓘ
surface form: Perekop Isthmus

Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian SSR
militaryCampaign Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form: German 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union
objective break through Soviet defenses at Perekop Isthmus ⓘ
open route for Axis advance into Crimea ⓘ
opponent Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German Army

Red Army ⓘ
Romanian Land Forces ⓘ
surface form: Romanian Army
partOf Crimean campaign ⓘ
surface form: Crimean campaign (1941–1942)

Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
precededBy Axis advance in southern Ukraine ⓘ
result Axis seizure of gateway to Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
Axis victory ⓘ
German and Romanian breakthrough of Soviet defenses ⓘ
side Allies of World War II ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to Crimea ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ

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Isthmus of Perekop → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Perekop (1941) ⓘ
Battle of Perekop (1941) → defensiveLine → Battle of Perekop (1941) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Perekop defenses