The Battle of Odessa was part of the Soviet-German War in 1941. It was mainly conducted by Romanian forces which were allied to the Germans. Due to the heavy resistance of the Red Army forces in Odessa, it took the Romanian army four attempts to take the city, and it suffered heavy losses. The Red Army forces were finally evacuated in September 1941. Eastern Front usually refers to either Eastern Front (World War I) Eastern Front (World War II) Eastern Front (computer game) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... Motto: Oblast Odessa Oblast Mayor Edward Yossyfovych Gurwiz Area 163 km² Population  - urban  - density 1,012,500 (2004) 6,198/km² Founded 1794 Latitude Longitude Area code +380 48 Car plates  ?? sister cities ChiÅŸinău, Regensburg Municipal Website Odessa (Ukrainian: Одеса, Odesa; Russian: ) is a city in southwestern Ukraine, a...