Permanent historical factsheet

Siege of Sevastopol

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1942–1944Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1942

Fritz Erich von Manstein2 July 1942

Sevastopol · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Manstein captures Sevastopol

Adolf HitlerJuly 1942

Sebastopol · Warfare / World War, 2nd

German forces capture the Russian garrison at Sebastopol

1944

Adolf Hitler12 April 1944

Sevastopol · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Germans withdraw into Sevastopol. The Germans withdraw from Sevastopol with 80.000 lost during the siege

Names involved

Adolf HitlerFritz Erich von Manstein

Provenance

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