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Name: Battle of Romania

Type: Event

Start: 1944 AD

End: 1944 AD

Parent: World War II (Eastern Theatre)

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The Soviet Operations to drive out the Axis powers from Romania during World War II.

Chronology


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  • September 1944: Soviet advance in Romania on 8 September 1944.
  • September 1944: By 24 September 1944, nearly all of Romania was under Allied control.

  • 1. Jassy-Kishinev Offensive


    Was a Soviet offensive against Axis forces in Eastern Romania during World War II.

  • August 1944: Focsani falls to troops of Second Ukrainian Front. Galati, third largest city in Rumania and chief port on the Danube, to those of Third Ukrainian Front.
  • August 1944: Troops of the USSR 7th Guards Army stormed Bacău and the 40th Army took Târgu Neamț.
  • August 1944: Tolbukhin's troops took the port cities of Brăila and Sulina on August 28.
  • August 1944: The evacuation of the encircled enemy on the left bank of the Prut River was completed by troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front by August 29.
  • August 1944: Troops of Second Ukrainian Front overrun Bucharest, capital of Rumania

  • Selected Sources


  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.257
  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.260
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