Soviet 3rd Naval Infantry regiment at Odessa

Discussion in 'Allied Units - Others' started by Desert storm vet, Jun 25, 2009.

  1. Desert storm vet

    Desert storm vet Discharged

    The Soviets launched a counter offensive at Odessa in Sept of 1941 with the main spearhead being the 3rd naval infantry regiment. They killed 200 Romanian soldiers and captured a long range artillery battery that had been shelling Odessa. They also eventually caputured hundreds of pows and equipment.
     
  2. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    I have a link to this somewhere relating to Russian Amphibious operations in the Black Sea. I'll try and dig it out, its an interesting read.
     
  3. Desert storm vet

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  4. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    Thanks for the source!
     
  5. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

  6. Desert storm vet

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  7. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    An excellent example of a combined forces operation. It shows that the Soviets possessed the ability to carry out properly organised and co-ordinated attacks even in 1941. Next time anyone refers to "Hordes of Russians charging to their deaths" show them this as a rebuttal!
     
  8. Hello to all, do you know the history of the 3rd Soviet Naval Infantry Regimet?
    Where the unit fought after Odessa until the end of WW2?
    Thanks, Nicholas.
     

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