Crimea Operation (1918)

Crimea Operation (1918)
Part of the Eastern Front of World War I, the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War and the Ukrainian–Soviet War

German and Ukrainian advances from Novooleksiivka to Sevastopol from 21 April to 25 April 1918
Date13–25 April 1918
Location
Result

German–Ukrainian–Crimean victory

Belligerents
Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
Commanders and leaders
Anton Slutsky [ru] Executed
Jan Tarwacki [ru] Executed

The Crimea Operation was a combined military offensive by Imperial German and Ukrainian forces in April 1918 against the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic.[1][2]

  1. ^ Tynchenko, Yaros (23 March 2018), "The Ukrainian Navy and the Crimean Issue in 1917-18", The Ukrainian Week, retrieved October 14, 2018
  2. ^ Germany Takes Control of Crimea, New York Herald (18 May 1918)