Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Sevastopol harbour after the battle (July 1942)Date 30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942 (8 months and 4 days) Location Result
Axis Victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Romania Naval support: Template:Country data Kingdom of Italy (1922-1943)
Soviet Union Commanders and leaders
Erich von Manstein W.F. von Richthofen Gheorghe Avramescu Gheorghe Manoliu
Ivan Petrov Filipp Oktyabrskiy Gordey Levchenko Pyotr Novikov (POW ) Units involved
11th Army 8th Air Corps Mountain Corps
Coastal Army Black Sea Fleet Strength
On 6 June 1942: 203,800 men 65 assault guns 1,300 guns and howitzers 720 mortars 803 aircraft
June 1942: 118,000 men 600 guns and howitzers 2,000 mortars[2] 1 battleship 2 heavy cruisers 1 light cruiser 2 flotilla leaders 6 destroyers 9 minesweepers 1 guardship 24 submarines Casualties and losses
June–July 1942: [3] 35,866 men 78 guns 31 aircraft[4] 27,412
4,264 killed
21,626 wounded
1,522 missing
8,454
1,597 killed
6,571 wounded
277 missing
30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942: 200,481 men
156,880 killed or captured
43,601 wounded or sick
June–July 1942: 118,000 men[3]
95,000 captured (one-third wounded)
5,000 wounded
at least 18,000 killed
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Naval warfare
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Arctic Ocean
1941
1942
Lyuban
Barvenkovo-Lozovaya
Rzhev
Toropets-Kholm
Demyansk
Kholm
2nd Kharkov
Case Blue
Caucasus
Rzhev, Summer 1942
Sinyavino
Stalingrad
Velikiye Luki
Mars
Little Saturn
1943
Iskra
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh
Polar Star
3rd Kharkov
Gorky Blitz
Kursk
1st Donbass
Tidal Wave
2nd Donbass
2nd Smolensk
Dnieper
1944
Dnieper–Carpathian
Leningrad–Novgorod
Narva
Crimea
1st Jassy–Kishinev
Karelia
Bagration
Lvov and Sandomierz
Doppelkopf
2nd Jassy–Kishinev
Dukla Pass
Baltic
Belgrade
Debrecen
Petsamo and Kirkenes
Courland
Gumbinnen
Budapest
1945
Vistula-Oder
East Prussia
Silesia
Solstice
East Pomerania
Lake Balaton
Vienna
Bratislava-Brno
Berlin
Prague
German capitulation
The siege of Sevastopol took place from October 30 1941 to July 4 1942 during World War II 's Eastern Front . A Siege is where a milltary unit surround another enemy milltary unit. The Soviet Army was trapped in the city of Sevastopol with Axis forces surround the city. The siege ended in July 4 1942 where the Germans broke the siege and entered the city.
References
↑ Hayward 1998, p. 90.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Forczyk 2008, p. 90.
↑ Hayward 1998, p. 117.
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