Romanian–German offensive to retake Bessarabia in 1941

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The Romanian–German offensive to retake Bessarabia in 1941 was a World War II military campaign in which Axis forces, led by Romania alongside Nazi Germany, invaded and reoccupied the Bessarabia region from the Soviet Union as part of Operation Barbarossa.

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instanceOf World War II campaign
military offensive
aim retake Bessarabia from the Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs Bessarabian campaign of 1941 NERFINISHED
Operation München NERFINISHED
belligerent Nazi Germany
Romania NERFINISHED
Soviet Union
commander Ion Antonescu NERFINISHED
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst NERFINISHED
Petre Dumitrescu NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
country Kingdom of Romania NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany
date June–July 1941
endTime 1941-07-26
followedBy Axis advance into Transnistria
Siege of Odessa (1941) NERFINISHED
hasPart Battle of Chișinău (1941) NERFINISHED
Battle of the Prut River NERFINISHED
crossing of the Prut River by Romanian forces
historicalRegionInvolved Bessarabia Governorate NERFINISHED
Moldova NERFINISHED
location Bessarabia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Romania NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
militaryUnit German 11th Army NERFINISHED
Romanian 3rd Army NERFINISHED
Romanian 4th Army NERFINISHED
opponent Soviet Union
opposedBy Red Army NERFINISHED
opposingCommander Fyodor Kuznetsov NERFINISHED
Grigory Zakharov NERFINISHED
opposingUnit Soviet 9th Army NERFINISHED
Soviet Southern Front NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED
Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED
Romania in World War II NERFINISHED
precededBy Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940) NERFINISHED
primaryAxisMember Germany GENERATED
Romania GENERATED
reason reversal of the 1940 Soviet annexation of Bessarabia
result Axis victory
Romanian reoccupation of Bessarabia
Soviet withdrawal from most of Bessarabia
startTime 1941-06-22
supportedBy Wehrmacht NERFINISHED
theatre Eastern Front NERFINISHED

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Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina followedBy Romanian–German offensive to retake Bessarabia in 1941