The book offered to the reader tells about the operations of the Separate Primorsky Army during the preparation and conduct of the Crimean strategic offensive operation (April 1944), on the landing of Soviet troops in January 1944. The course of the fighting is examined in detail, the reasons and circumstances that influenced the actions of the German-Romanian troops are revealed, the activities of the Eastern unit of the Crimean partisans for January - April 1944 are analyzed. The nature of the occupation policy of the Germans and Romanians in Crimea is disclosed.