Battle
Crimean offensive (1944)
8 Apr 1944 – 12 May 1944 · Crimea, Sevastopol
From 8 April to 12 May 1944 the Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front attacked the Crimea with the 2nd Guards, 51st and Separate Coastal Armies. It faced the German 17th Army, part of Army Group South Ukraine, and Romanian formations. Sevastopol fell to the Red Army on 9 May 1944. The Axis forces evacuated the peninsula by sea and the Soviets regained the Crimea.
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