Odessa Operation

When

8 Feb 1920

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

46.49° N, 30.74° E

Description

1920 battle

Placed at the town its title names, Odessa.

The Odessa operation was an offensive operation during the Russian Civil War of the South Western Front of the Red Army against the Novorossiysk Oblast Army Group of the White Armed Forces of South Russia. The operation was a success for the Red Army, as Odessa was taken on 8 February and, despite an evacuation over the Black Sea supported by the British Royal Navy, many White soldiers and material were captured.

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