📆 80 years ago, #OTD in 1944 the Jassy-Kishinev Strategic Offensive of the Red army was launched during #WW2
⚔️ It was conducted by the troops of the 2nd and the 3rd Ukrainian Fronts with the support of the Black Sea Fleet and the Danube Military Flotilla against the Army Group “South Ukraine” consisting of German and Romanian formations.
⚔️ The offensive resulted in the encirclement and complete decimation of defending German forces, opening way further to Eastern Europe for the Red Army.
☝️ The defeat of the Nazis also resulted in a coup in Romania which overthrew the Axis ally dictator Antonescu and allied with the Soviet Union against Germany.
🌟 In only 9 days, the Nazi forces were crushed with 22 enemy’s divisions totally eliminated.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
⚔️ It was conducted by the troops of the 2nd and the 3rd Ukrainian Fronts with the support of the Black Sea Fleet and the Danube Military Flotilla against the Army Group “South Ukraine” consisting of German and Romanian formations.
⚔️ The offensive resulted in the encirclement and complete decimation of defending German forces, opening way further to Eastern Europe for the Red Army.
☝️ The defeat of the Nazis also resulted in a coup in Romania which overthrew the Axis ally dictator Antonescu and allied with the Soviet Union against Germany.
🌟 In only 9 days, the Nazi forces were crushed with 22 enemy’s divisions totally eliminated.
#Victory79 #WeRemember