The Jassy–Kishinev Operation, named after the two major cities, Iași and Chișinău, in the staging area, was a Soviet offensive against Axis forces, which took place in Eastern Romania from 20 to 29 August 1944.
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The Jassy–Kishinev Operation, named after the two major cities, Iași and Chișinău, in the staging area, was a Soviet offensive against Axis forces, which took place in Eastern Romania from 20 to 29 August 1944. foaf:name
Jassy–Kishinev (Offensive) Operation foaf:depiction
causalties
Soviet Union: 111 aircraft 13,197 killed or missing 53,933 wounded and sick 8,600 killed and wounded Romania: combatant
(Air support only:) Romania(20–23 August) Romania(23–29 August) commander
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is part of military conflict
result
Soviet victory * Bulgaria enters the war against Nazi Germany * Romania undergoes acoupand defects to the Allies * Soviet Unionregainscontrol of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina * Destruction of the German6th Army; German forces begin evacuating the Balkans strength
Germany: Soviet Union: 800 aircraft (40 divisions), 1,224,691 men 1,314,200 men 1,870 tanks 16 000 guns 170 tanks, 2,200 aircraft Army Group South Ukraine Romania: thumbnail
is battle
of 161st Infantry Division Berzarin, Nikolai Backhauss, Fritz Haderecker, Hermann Baier, Karl Schneider, Josef Bartl, Leopold LII. Armeekorps VII. Armeekorps Josef Wiechoczek Louis Tronnier Otto Wilhelm Schell Bluemke, Friedrich Ernst Grunau Gaedcke, Heinrich Hackl, Martin Robert Bauer 124th Guards Rifle Division (1945-1956) Bruno Kahl Attenberger, Franz-Xaver Walter von Wietersheim Anton Korol 40th Army 79th Infantry Division (Germany) 27th Army August Schmidt Buschenhagen, Erich Ernst-Eberhard Hell Bunge, Hellmut Brandner, Kaspar Czorny, Wilhelm 5th Shock Army (1942–46) 126th Guards Rifle Division 34th Guards Rifle Division 3rd Guards Airborne Division 53rd Army 6th Guards Airborne Division 107th Guards Rifle Division (27 Dec 1944-6 Jul 1946) Hanns Laengenfelder Kurt Prinz 6th Guards Tank Army Konstantin Koroteev Friedrich Mieth Becker, Rudolf Herold, Walter Helmuth Hufenbach Gerhard Kunert Hans Tröger Beckmann, Julius Kolb, Werner Abel, Adolf Erick-Oskar Hansen Bleyer, Eugen-Heinrich