Kerch–Eltigen operation
The Kerch–Eltigen operation was a World War II amphibious offensive made in November 1943 by the Red Army as a precursor to the Crimean offensive (8 April-12 May 1944), with the object of defeating and forcing the withdrawal of the German forces from the Crimea. Landing at two locations on the Crimea's eastern coast, the Red Army successfully reinforced the northern beachhead of Yenikale but was unable to prevent an Axis counterattack that collapsed the southern beachhead at Eltigen. Subsequently, the Red Army used the beachhead at Yenikale to launch further offensive operations into the Crimea in May 1944.
| Kerch–Eltigen operation | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||
Soviet landings in Crimea, 1943 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Soviet Union |
Germany Romania | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ivan Petrov Lev Vladimirsky |
Erwin Jaenecke Corneliu Teodorini | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Ground: 18th Army 56th Army Naval: Black Sea Fleet Azov Flotilla |
V Army Corps XLIX Mountain Corps Mountain Corps | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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150,000 45 assault guns |
75,000+ 582 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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6,985 killed or missing 20,412 sick or wounded 38 tanks captured 25 anti-tank guns captured Total: 27,397 | unknown | ||||||
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