campaign, major, interwar and Second World War
Operation München
Operation München was a campaign fought in 1941 at Bessarabia, in what is now Moldova. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bessarabia. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Axis victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1941 (year precision) to 1941 | |
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| Place | Bessarabia, Moldova 46.833N, 29.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 364,700 troops; 700 tanks; 1,750 aircraft; 5 river monitors; 22 armored motor gunboats | 325,685 troops; 201 tanks; 672 aircraft; 1 monitor; 6 river monitors; 4+ armed boats; 5 divisions, 420 aircraft |
| Casualties and losses | Total: 17,893; 8,519 killed/missing; 9,374 wounded; 255 aircraft; 2 river monitors damaged; 7 armored motor gunboats sunk | Total: 21,738; 4,112 killed, 12,120 wounded, 5,506 missing; 58 aircraft |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Larga 1770, 27 km SE
- Skirmish at Bender 1713, 37 km E
- Siege of Bender 1770, 37 km E
- Battle of Coștangalia 1863, 93 km SW
- Battle of Vaslui 1475, 99 km W
In the same war
- Before: Solovyovo crossing July 1941
- After: Siege of Mahilow 3 July 1941
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Sevastopol Russia
- Philippines Campaign Philippines
- Battle of Hong Kong People's Republic of China
- Battle of Guam United States
Operation München is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 13 in present-day Moldova.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1960162, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation München, revision 1379436778, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.