Soviet Separate Coastal Army

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The Soviet Separate Coastal Army was a Red Army formation that played a key role in defending key Black Sea coastal cities, notably during the 1941 siege of Odessa in World War II.

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Soviet Separate Coastal Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army formation
field army
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
associatedWith Black Sea coastal cities
branch Ground Forces
linked to: Ground forces
conflict Eastern Front
Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Soviet Union
disbandedIn 1944
engagedAgainst Romanian Army
Wehrmacht
era World War II
formedIn 1941
front Southern Front (Red Army)
Transcaucasian Front
garrison Odessa
linked to: Odesa

Sevastopol
languageOfName Russian
location Black Sea coast
southern USSR
militaryBranch Red Army
notableCommander Georgy Sofronov
Ivan Petrov
notableEngagement Defense of Sevastopol
linked to: Siege of Sevastopol

Siege of Odessa (1941)
notableFor defense of Odessa in 1941
prolonged resistance at Sevastopol
originalName Отдельная Приморская армия
partOf Red Army
role coastal defense
defense of naval bases
subordinateTo Soviet High Command (Stavka)
linked to: Soviet High Command
supportedBy Black Sea Fleet
task defend key Black Sea ports
support naval operations of the Black Sea Fleet
theater Black Sea theater of World War II
linked to: Black Sea campaigns
typeOfOperation defensive operations

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Battle of Odessa (1941) defensiveForce Soviet Separate Coastal Army