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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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The defence of Sevastopol was provided mainly by the Black Sea Fleet and the Separate Coastal Army under Petrov (which had been shipped in from the siege of Odessa). The Black Sea Fleet sent 49,372 personnel to fight as infantry. Most were not trained for ground combat, and the act was an ad hoc emergency measure.
- Axis victory
Siege of Odessa (1941) A Soviet gun crew during the siege. The Siege of Odessa was a siege battle during World War II. It was part of the Eastern Front area of operations in 1941. It was done by Romanian forces and the German Army's ( Wehrmacht Heer) 11th Army ( 11. Armee ).
- Odessa region, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Pyrrhic Axis victory
Aug 18, 2012 · Siege of Odessa. 8 Aug 1941 - 16 Oct 1941. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. The Ukrainian city of Odessa was subjected to German aerial bombing on the very first day of the Axis invasion in Jun 1941. On 8 Aug 1941, the Romanian General Staff issued Directive No. 31 calling for the capture of Odessa and the defeat of Soviet forces between the ...
The Odessa Offensive Operation ( Russian: Одесская Наступательная Операция, Odesskaya Nastupatel'naya Operatsiya), known on the German side as the Defensive battle of the 6th Army between Bug and Dniester ( German: Abwehrschlacht der 6. Armee zwischen Bug und Dnjestr), was an offensive operation conducted in ...
Battle of Odesa refers to one of several military engagements in the city of Odesa, Ukraine: Attack on Odesa during the Black Sea raid in 1914 during World War I. Siege of Odessa (1941), during World War II. Odesa attacks (2022–present), during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Category:
