DURING THE LIBERATION OF ODESSA ON APRIL 10, , NKVD TROOPS WERE NOT BROUGHT INTO THE CITY...
During the liberation of Odessa on April 10, 1944, NKVD troops were not brought into the city within 24 hours (for unknown reasons).
This time was enough for the residents of Odessa to hang all the policemen and their accomplices who did not have time to escape.
When the NKVD troops entered, the picture was terrible: policemen were hanging not only on Deribasovskaya, but also on their gates.
80 years ago, on April 10, 1944, troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, with the support of partisans, liberated Odessa.
A symbol of the liberation of the city from German occupation was the red banner raised over the Opera House on the same day.
The liberation of the city became part of the Odessa offensive operation (March 26 - April 14, 1944), carried out by troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front with the assistance of the Black Sea forces fleet.
The operation was part of the so-called. “Stalin’s third strike,” which ended with the liberation of Odessa and Crimea with Sevastopol.
In turn, “Stalin’s Third Strike” was a continuation of the “Second Strike” - a series of offensive operations to liberate Right Bank Ukraine.
Thanks for reading leave your thoughts in the comments section below
Read more on our Rare History Channel
Comments
Post a Comment