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...

Eltigen may refer to: 2217 Eltigen, main-belt asteroid Eltigen (Heroyevskoe), part of the city of Kerch, Crimea Kerch–Eltigen Operation, World War II...

strategy such as the Kerch–Eltigen Operation, and a strategic opening of a new Theatre of Operations, for example the Operation Avalanche. The purpose...

The Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, which commenced with the Soviet Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation (Russian: Керченско-Феодосийская десантная операция...

are part of the Kerch city: Eltigen (Heroyevskoe), Kamysh-Burun (Arshyntsevo), Port Krym, Adzhimushkai, and Tuzla Island. Today Kerch is home to many...

October 1943, the 17th Army withdrew from the Kuban bridgehead across the Kerch Strait into the Crimea. During the following months, the Red Army pushed...

Soviets also crossed the Strait of Kerch and established bridgeheads north and south of Eltigen in the Kerch–Eltigen operation. As the Soviet offensive thrust...

three sub-operations:[citation needed] Kerch–Eltigen Operation (31 October 1943 – 11 December 1943) Perekop–Sevastopol Offensive Operation (8 April 1944...

and soon began preparing its own crossing of the strait. The Kerch-Eltigen landing operation began overnight on October 31/November 1, 1943, when the three...

awarded the title for reportedly killing 32 German soldiers in the Kerch–Eltigen Operation during November 1943. After the war Abaev worked in the rail transport...

Mustafayev was awarded the title for his actions during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation. During the operation, Mustafayev reportedly killed 40 German soldiers. For...

leadership of a battalion during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation. During the operation, Aliyev's battalion captured the Kerch Metallurgical Plant and reportedly...

assigned troops from the 56th Army, and to be the assault army in Kerch–Eltigen Operation to establish a bridgehead on the Crimean peninsula. By November...

Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. In 1943, the Army supported the Kerch-Eltigen Operation and assisted in the battle for air superiority over the Kuban....

1943 – May 1944: Provided air support to ground troops in the Kerch–Eltigen Operation as part of the Crimean Offensive and in the city of Sevastopol...

he became commander of the 16th Rifle Corps and fought in the Kerch–Eltigen Operation and Crimean Offensive. In May 1944, Provalov transferred to command...

awarded the title on 17 November 1943 for his actions during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation, in which he reportedly saved his commander's life on 1 November...

Line Operation Margarethe Crimean Offensive (1944) Kerch-Eltigen Operation Shyaulyay Offensive Battle of Someri Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive Operation Bagration:...

November 1943 for his actions in the Battle of the Caucasus and the Kerch–Eltigen Operation. During the battle to break through the Blue Line, Guliyev was...

the Order of Lenin on 17 November 1943 for her bravery in the Kerch-Eltigen operation. Petrova was born on 9 September 1920 to a Russian family in Mykolaiv...

military decoration given to those who fought in the Kuban bridgehead Kerch-Eltigen Operation Courland Pocket Malaya Zemlya 2nd Guards Taman Motor Rifle Division...

successful naval landing by Soviet forces on the Kerch peninsula (the Kerch–Eltigen Operation), then held by German forces. On 4 October 1942, Isakov was injured...

Crete. Crimea, Army Group Rear Area Command Crimean offensive, Kerch–Eltigen operation and Battle of the Dnieper Erwin Jaenecke → Ferdinand Schörner →...

Germany. Kieseritzky was killed on 19 November 1943 during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation and was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross, on 20 November...

anti-tank role. The anti-tank unit took part in operations against the Soviet Kerch–Eltigen Operation. The footage from an onboard gun camera was used...

awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his actions in the Kerch-Eltigen operation. "Mikhail Grigoryevich Bondarenko". Герои страны ("Heroes of the...

in the Battles of Uman, the Sea of Azov, and Rostov, and in the Kerch–Eltigen Operation in 1943. During 1944 and 1945 it withdrew through Ukraine and Slovakia...

member of the Axis, Romania joined the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) on 22 June 1941, providing equipment and oil to Nazi Germany...

reformed three times, most famously after being encircled in the Lyuban operation south of Leningrad, after which its commander, General Andrey Vlasov,...

Starting from 3 November 1943, the division acted in the spearhead of Kerch-Eltigen Operation in northern Yenikale (Ganikale) beachhead, under the command of...