✦ History

Part of World War II, Eastern Front (World War II)

Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive

August 20–29, 1944 · Iași

Result Soviet victory

The Soviet offensive that destroyed the German Sixth Army in Bessarabia a second time; Romania changed sides on 23 August and the Red Army reached Bucharest.

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Axis

Allies

Germany
Kingdom of Romania
Soviet Union
United States
Yugoslavia
Adolf Hitler belligerent leader Ion Antonescu military commander Johannes Frießner military commander Maximilian Fretter-Pico military commander Ilie Șteflea military commander Petre Dumitrescu military commander Otto Wöhler military commander
Joseph Stalin military commander Rodion Malinovsky military commander Semyon Timoshenko military commander Constantin Sănătescu military commander Michael I of Romania military commander Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin military commander Filipp Oktyabrsky military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
250,000
Killed
150,000

Soviet Union Strength 1,314,200 · Tanks 1,870 · Aircraft 2,200 · Guns 16,000

Units

6th Army (Wehrmacht) Army Group South Ukraine Third Army (Romania) LII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) VII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXIX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) XXXXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 13th Panzer Division 15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 294th Infantry Division 320th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 335th Infantry Division 370th Infantry Division 376th Infantry Division 387th Infantry Division
2nd Ukrainian Front 27th Army (Soviet Union) 37th Army (Soviet Union) 46th Army 4th Guards Army 52nd Army (Soviet Union) 53rd Army (Soviet Union) 5th Shock Army 6th Guards Tank Army 7th Guards Army 5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) 7th Mechanized Corps 108th Guards Rifle Division 109th Guards Rifle Division 110th Guards Rifle Division 113th Rifle Division 116th Rifle Division 163rd Rifle Division 195th Rifle Division 202nd Rifle Division 203rd Rifle Division 206th Rifle Division 223rd Rifle Division 227th Rifle Division 228th Rifle Division 230th Rifle Division 232nd Rifle Division 233rd Rifle Division 236th Rifle Division 240th Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division 244th Rifle Division 248th Rifle Division 252nd Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 266th Rifle Division 301st Rifle Division 303rd Rifle Division 320th Rifle Division 333rd Rifle Division 337th Rifle Division 34th Guards Rifle Division 353rd Rifle Division 373rd Rifle Division 375th Rifle Division 394th Rifle Division 409th Rifle Division 40th Guards Rifle Division 416th Rifle Division 41st Guards Rifle Division 46th Rocket Division 49th Guards Rifle Division 4th Guards Rifle Division 50th Rifle Division 53rd Rifle Division 60th Guards Rifle Division 61st Guards Rifle Division 62nd Guards Rifle Division 69th Guards Rifle Division 73rd Guards Rifle Division 81st Guards Rifle Division 86th Guards Rifle Division 89th Guards Rifle Division 8th Guards Airborne Division 93rd Rifle Division (1942–1946)

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