✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II)

First Jassy–Kishinev offensive

April 8 – June 6, 1944

Result Axis victory

Soviet forces attacked Axis defenders in northeastern Romania and Moldavia in spring 1944 but could not break through. The front stabilised until a larger Soviet offensive in the summer.

Overview Contemporaries

Axis powers

Allies of World War II

Kingdom of Romania
Germany
Soviet Union
Petre Dumitrescu military commander Otto Wöhler military commander
Rodion Malinovsky military commander Ivan Konev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
300,000
Casualties
45,000
Strength
830,000
Casualties
150,000

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