Eighty Years Since Liberation of Novorossiysk in the Second World War

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On September 16, 1943, the city of Novorossiysk was liberated from the fascist invaders. The night before the Red Army troops broke through the enemy's defenses from the Malaya Zemlya outpost on the southern outskirts of the city. The German command was forced to give the order to leave the city.
The liberation of Novorossiysk was accomplished thanks to a complex military operation involving the combined efforts of the Soviet ground and naval forces.
The Soviet forces' success in penetrating the Nazi German defenses in the region also allowed the USSR to completely liberate the Taman Peninsula.
The battle for Novorossiysk became the final stage of a greater battle fought by the Soviets against the Nazis for the Caucasus region – a battle that the USSR won.
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