Odessa Operation (1920)

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Odessa Operation
Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Refugees of Odessa and White Army troops trying to flee from the Red Army.
Date 11 January – 8 February 1920 Location South-Western Ukraine Result Red Army victory Territorial changes Right-bank Ukraine and Transnistria occupied by the Red Army.
Belligerents
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Armed Forces of South Russia
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Yegorov Sergei Mezheninov Ieronim Uborevich	Nikolai Shilling
Units involved
Southwestern Front 12th Army 14th Army	Novorossiysk Oblast Army Group
Casualties and losses
Unknown	13,000 prisoners

The Odessa operation (11 January – 8 February 1920) was an offensive operation during the Russian Civil War of the South Western Front of the Red Army against the Novorossiysk Oblast Army Group of the White Armed Forces of South Russia. The operation was a success for the Red Army, as Odessa was taken on 8 February and, despite an evacuation over the Black Sea supported by the British Royal Navy, many White soldiers and material were captured.