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Malaya Zemlya

1943 CE · Russia, Asia · War

Malaya Zemlya
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Malaya Zemlya was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako, situated westward from Tsemes Bay on the Black Sea, that was recaptured after battles with the Germans during the Battle of the Caucasus on the night of 4 February 1943. The episode paved way for a Soviet attack on German forces in Novorossiysk.

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