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The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea. The Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of Army Group A, which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian formations. The battles ended with the evacuation of the Crimea by the Germans. German and Romanian forces suffered considerable losses during the evacuation.
Units Involved
Soviet
4th Ukrainian Front 2nd Guards Army 51st Army 4th Air Army Black Sea Fleet Separate Coastal Army Soviet partisans
Axis
German
Army Group A 17th Army
Romanian
Romanian Mountain Corps 1st Mountain Division 2nd Mountain Division
The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea. The Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of Army Group A, which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian formations. The battles ended with the evacuation of the Crimea by the Germans. German and Romanian forces suffered considerable losses during the evacuation.
Units Involved
Soviet
4th Ukrainian Front 2nd Guards Army 51st Army 4th Air Army Black Sea Fleet Separate Coastal Army Soviet partisans
Axis
German
Army Group A 17th Army
Romanian
Romanian Mountain Corps 1st Mountain Division 2nd Mountain Division