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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

defensive 20–27 December 1943 Kerch–Eltigen operation 31 October – 11 December 1943 Kiev strategic offensive operation (November 1943) (ru) : 3–13 November...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

in the capture of the Taman Peninsula. During the November 1943 Kerch–Eltigen Operation, Gorshkov personally supervised the preparations and the landing...

to further the Kerch–Eltigen Operation. The Soviets also wanted to use a bridge: in January 1944, even before the liberation of Kerch by the Red Army...

Operation Uranus (Russian: Опера́ция «Ура́н», romanized: Operatsiya "Uran") was a Soviet 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of...

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...

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...

which was fully recaptured by 12 May 1944. Operations included: Kerch-Eltigen Amphibious Offensive Operation (31 October 1943 – 11 December 1944) Perekop–Sevastopol...

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

awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his actions in the Kerch-Eltigen operation. "Mikhail Grigoryevich Bondarenko". warheroes.ru (in Russian)....

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

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

various landing operations and participated in the liberation of Mariupol and the Taman Peninsula. During the Kerch–Eltigen Operation, ships of the flotilla...

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...