✦ History

Part of Eastern Front (World War II)

Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)

October 30, 1941 – July 4, 1942 · Sevastopol

Result Axis victory

German and Romanian forces besieged the Soviet naval base of Sevastopol in Crimea. They took it after eight months.

On the map Contemporaries

Nazi Germany

Soviet Union

Other

Germany
Kingdom of Romania
Soviet Union
Erich von Manstein military commander Wolfram von Richthofen military commander Gheorghe Avramescu military commander
Filipp Oktyabrsky military commander Gordey Levchenko military commander Ivan Yefimovich Petrov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
203,800
Aircraft
803
Aircraft lost
31
Guns
65
Guns lost
78
Strength
118,000
Killed
18,000
Wounded
5,000
Captured
95,000

Units

11th Army (Wehrmacht) Third Army (Romania) 8th Air Corps (Germany) LIV Army Corps XXX Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 10th Flak Division 170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 22nd Panzer Division 24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 50th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Vânători de munte
Crimean Front Separate Coastal Army 109th Rifle Division 172nd Rifle Division 25th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 345th Rifle Division 386th Rifle Division 388th Rifle Division 76th Guards Air Assault Division Black Sea Fleet
Fourth Army (Romania)