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Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia 1941-12-17 (2 others)

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The German 11.Armee was faced with the task of taking the last enemy bulwark in the Crimea, one of the strongest naval fortress in the world, by attack from the landward side. Sevastopol had to fall one way or another. It was not enough to bypass the huge fortress with its extensive port or to seal it off merely on the landward side. For that would enable Stalin at any time he chose to mount amphibious operations against the flank of the German Eastern front. The time had therefore come to prepare a systematic attack on the fortress. On 17 December, the first battle of Sevastopol began. The main weight of the German attack was in the sector of the 22.Infanteriedivision. Supporting them were the assault guns of 197.Sturmgeschutze-Abteilung. The grenadiers and pioneers of the 2nd Battalion charged up the slopes of the Belbeck Valley and made deep penetrations in the Soviet lines. . .

Defender: Russian (Crimean Coastal Army)  

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