Topic summary
Crimean offensive
Soviet Union
Germany
RomaniaFilipp Oktyabrskiy
Horia Macellariu
Black Sea FleetPartisans560 tanks and assault guns
6,000 guns
1,200 aircraft
230,000–255,970 men
- 165,000
- 65,000
17,754 killed or missing
67,065 wounded or sick
171 tanks
521 guns
179 aircraft
Losses at sea:
1 submarine
1 motor torpedo boat
12+ aircraft
31,700 killed or missing
33,400 wounded
25,800 killed or missing
5,800 wounded
Losses at sea:
4 submarine hunters
5 cargo ships
1 tanker
3 tugs
3 lighters
3 motorboats
3 cargo ships
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 South Ukraine, which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian formations. The battles ended with the evacuation of Crimea by the Germans. German and Romanian forces suffered considerable losses during the evacuation.