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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.
- 8 August – 16 October 1941 (2 months, and 8 days)
- Axis victory, Successful evacuation of Red Army troops, Subsequent 1941 Odessa massacre
- Odessa region, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Transnistria massacres marked with red skulls. 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. [1]
- 22–24 October 1941
- Odessa
- 34,000–100,000
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 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, 435 tanks and self-propelled guns.
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 ...
- Offensive phase:, 26 March-14 April 1944, Expansion of bridgeheads on the western bank of the Dniester:, 15-30 April 1944
- Southern Ukraine
- Soviet victory
- Soviets fully reclaim the southern part of the Ukrainian SSR
16,578 dead/missing. 24,690 wounded. 151 aircraft. High estimate: 60,000 overall [4] 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 ).
Romanian forces suffered 93,000 casualties, against Red Army casualties estimated to be between 41,000 and 60,000. It is considered to be the "greatest independent success of the war by any minor Axis power". 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 ...
