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The siege of Odessa, known to the Soviets as the defence of Odessa, lasted from 8 August until 16 October 1941, during the early phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II . Odessa was a port on the Black Sea in the Ukrainian SSR. On 22 June 1941, the Axis powers invaded the Soviet Union.
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Odessa Offensive Soviet order of battle. The following Soviet units fought in the Odessa Offensive between 26 March and 30 April 1944. For the offensive, the 3rd Ukrainian Front included 57 rifle and three cavalry divisions, a tank corps and a mechanized corps. According to a postwar history, these totaled 470,000 men, 12,678 guns and mortars ...
The Odessa massacre was the mass murder of the Jewish population of Odessa and surrounding towns in the Transnistria Governorate during the autumn of 1941 and the winter of 1942 while it was under Romanian control. It was one of the worst massacres in Ukrainian territory.
The siege of Odessa, known to the Soviets as the defence of Odessa, lasted from 8 August until 16 October 1941, during the early phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Part of the Crimean campaign during the Eastern Front of World War II. Sevastopol harbour after the battle (July 1942) Date. 30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942. (8 months and 4 days) Location. Sevastopol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 44°36′17″N 33°32′28″E.
