Operation München
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Operation München was the codename of a joint German
Germany
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-Romania
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n offensive in World War II
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, with the primary objective of re-capturing Bessarabia
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, ceded by Romania to the Soviet Union
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 a year before. The operation concluded successfully after 24 days of fighting.

Axis formations involved included the Third Army, the Fourth Army
Fourth Army (Romania)
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, and the Eleventh Army.
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