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  2. Crimean offensive - Wikipedia

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    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. [ 5 ]

  3. Dnieper–Carpathian offensive - Wikipedia

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    Crimea is a horticulture and viticulture district. The iron ore development of the Kerch Peninsula is important. In the Crimea there are 4 large ports: Sevastopol, Feodosiya, Kerch, Yevpatoria. The capture of the right-bank Ukraine and the Crimea would open the doors for the Red Army troops to Poland, Slovakia, Romania and the Balkans. It would ...

  4. Crimean campaign - Wikipedia

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    In 1944, Crimea was recaptured by the 4th Ukrainian Front during the Crimean offensive (8 April 1944 – 12 May 1944), which consisted of three sub-operations: [citation needed] Kerch–Eltigen Operation (31 October 1943 – 11 December 1943) Perekop–Sevastopol Offensive Operation (8 April 1944 – 12 May 1944)

  5. German occupation of Crimea during World War II - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the Crimean Peninsula was subject to military administration by Nazi Germany following the success of the Crimean campaign.Officially part of Generalbezirk Krym-Taurien, an administrative division of Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Crimea proper never actually became part of the Generalbezirk, and was instead subordinate to a military administration.

  6. Trump transition distances itself from Ukraine peace plan ...

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    Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula in 2014 after an uprising that prompted Ukraine's Russia-friendly president to flee. More than 2 1/2 years after launching its full-fledged invasion, Russian ...

  7. Isthmus of Perekop - Wikipedia

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    The battle of the isthmus lasted five days from 24 September 1941 before the isthmus was secured by the Axis forces. On 27 October the Axis forces advanced further into Crimea, leading to the Battle of Sevastopol, which ended with the capture of all of Crimea in July 1942. On 9 May 1944, the Red Army regained control of Crimea.

  8. Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia - Wikipedia

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    In 1944–1945, the UPA and Home Army initiated a ceasefire and orders to cease any actions against civilians, and with mediation of Orthodox and Roman Catholic clergy a meeting was arranged between commanders of both formations. The agreement resulted in joint UPA-Home Army operation against NKVD prison in Hrubieszów. By 1948, both ...

  9. List of invasions and occupations of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Reichskommissariat Ukraine (1941–1944), the German occupation of most of the country. [1]: 468 Transnistria Governorate (1941–1944), the Romanian occupation of Transnistria. [5] Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present) Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Russia: 2014