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The Battle of Târgu Frumos, also known as the Târgu Frumos Operation, occurred during Spring 1944 in World War II in and around the town of Târgu Frumos in Iași County, Moldavia, Romania. [ 1 ] It was fought between Soviet forces (the Red Army ) and Axis forces (the German Wehrmacht and Romanian forces) and, according to David Glantz , it ...
DN28 (Romanian: Drumul Național 28) is a national road in Romania, located entirely within the historical region of Moldavia.The road starts in Săbăoani, near Roman and crosses through the cities of Târgu Frumos and Iași, ending in Albița, near the border with Moldova.
The Second Battle of Târgu Frumos was a military engagement primarily between the Wehrmacht and Red Army forces in May 1944, near Iași, Romania. The battle was the main engagement of the Târgu Frumos Operation , and is often referred simply as the Battle of Târgu Frumos .
Early plans estimated the first opening as early as 2009. [4] With a total length of around 304 kilometres (189 mi), [5] and an estimated cost of 4.07 billion €, the motorway will begin from the junction with the A3 motorway near Târgu Mureș, and will run through Sovata, Ditrău, Târgu Neamț, Pașcani, Târgu Frumos and Iași. [6]
As of 2013, Iași railway station serves about 110 trains in a typical day, including domestic trains to and from a majority of Romanian cities. Additionally, international trains run to Chișinău and Ungheni, in the Republic of Moldova.
During World War II, in March and May 1944, this area was the scene of the two Battles of Târgu Frumos, part of the First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive. According to the 1930 census, 1,608 Jews lived in Târgu Frumos. In the fall of 1940, all Jewish men, from 18 to 50 years old, were subjected to forced labor.
Iași (UK: / ˈ j æ ʃ j / YASH-(y), [6] US: / ˈ j ɑː ʃ (i)/ YAHSH(-ee), [7] [8] Romanian: ⓘ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy [9] [10] (UK: / ˈ j æ s i / YASS-ee, [11] US: / ˈ j ɑː s i / YAH-see [8] [12]), is the third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County.
The few exceptions to this rule are General von Senger und Etterlin's perceptive book, Der Gegenschlag, and the lecture of General Manteuffel, which, although tactical in focus, correctly concludes that Germans' successful defenses along the Targu Frumos axis actually halted "the Russians' thrust toward the Ploiesti oilfields".