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Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) |
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![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Bundesarchiv_N_1603_Bild-121%2C_Russland%2C_Sewastopol%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_Hafen.jpg/300px-Bundesarchiv_N_1603_Bild-121%2C_Russland%2C_Sewastopol%2C_zerst%C3%B6rter_Hafen.jpg) Sevastopol harbour after the battle (July 1942) |
Date | 30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942 (8 months and 4 days) |
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Location | |
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Result |
Axis Victory |
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Belligerents |
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Germany
Romania Naval support: Template:Country data Kingdom of Italy (1922-1943) |
Soviet Union |
Commanders and leaders |
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Erich von Manstein
W.F. von Richthofen
Gheorghe Avramescu
Gheorghe Manoliu |
Ivan Petrov
Filipp Oktyabrskiy
Gordey Levchenko Pyotr Novikov (POW) |
Units involved |
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11th Army
8th Air Corps
Mountain Corps |
Coastal Army
Black Sea Fleet |
Strength |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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.
- ↑ Hayward 1998, p. 90.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Forczyk 2008, p. 90.
- ↑ Hayward 1998, p. 117.