Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive

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The Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive was a major Soviet World War II operation in August 1944 that destroyed German and Romanian forces in eastern Romania, leading to Romania’s defection from the Axis and opening the way for the Red Army’s advance into the Balkans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jassy–Kishinev Operation ⓘ
axisUnit German 6th Army ⓘ
German 8th Army ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ
Romanian 4th Army ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
commander Fyodor Tolbukhin ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ
commanderOpposing Johannes Friessner ⓘ
Petre Dumitrescu ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence Romania’s alignment with the Allies ⓘ
Romania’s defection from the Axis ⓘ
Soviet occupation of most of Romania ⓘ
opening of the way for the Red Army’s advance into the Balkans ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
dateEnd 1944-08-29 ⓘ
dateStart 1944-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet advance into Bulgaria ⓘ
Soviet advance into Hungary ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the isolation of German forces in the Balkans ⓘ
major turning point in the Balkans campaign of World War II ⓘ
location Moldavia ⓘ
around Chișinău ⓘ
around Iași ⓘ
eastern Romania ⓘ
operationType encirclement operation ⓘ
opponent German Army Group South Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Heeresgruppe Süd

Romanian forces ⓘ
participatingUnit 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
3rd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
Soviet 1944 summer offensives ⓘ
precededBy First Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
result collapse of German front in Romania ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
destruction of German and Romanian forces in eastern Romania ⓘ
strategicObjective encirclement and destruction of German Army Group South Ukraine ⓘ
expulsion of Axis forces from Romania ⓘ
theater Balkan theater of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod August 1944 ⓘ

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40th Army (Red Army) → notableOperation → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
XLVIII Panzer Corps → notableEngagement → Jassy–Kishinev operations ⓘ
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Rodion Malinovsky → participatedIn → Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → hasPart → Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front → participatedIn → Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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2nd Ukrainian Front → tookPartIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
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Fyodor Tolbukhin → notableWork → Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
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53rd Army → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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52nd Army (Red Army) → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
Uman–Botoșani offensive → followedBy → Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
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Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive → alsoKnownAs → Jassy–Kishinev Operation ⓘ
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Soviet 57th Army → tookPartIn → Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ
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Battle of Debrecen → precededBy → Iasi–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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52nd Army → participatedIn → Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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6th Guards Tank Army → participatedIn → Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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Balkan campaigns of the Red Army → includes → Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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Balkan campaigns of the Red Army → includes → Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
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