Operation München was the Romanian codename of a joint German-Romanian offensive during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, with the primary objective of recapturing Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region, ceded by Romania to the Soviet Union a year before. The operation concluded successfully after 24 days of fighting. Axis formations involved included the Romanian Third and the Fourth Armies and the German Eleventh Army. The invasion was followed by a genocide against the Jewish population of Bessarabia.
Romanian cavalryman escorting Soviet prisoners
Units of the German 11th Army building a pontoon bridge across the Prut River during the advance towards Uman
Bessarabia is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coastal region and part of the Ukrainian Chernivtsi Oblast covering a small area in the north.
Image: Комплекс Аккерманської фортеці, Білгород Дністровський
Image: Сорокская крепость Cetatea Soroca Soroca Fortress (42928890910)
Image: Consiliul Municipal Chișinău (cropped)
Image: Rezervatia „La Castel Gordinesti” Edinet (10)
