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Crimea in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Crimea in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels3 people1941–1943

Historical events in Crimea

1941

11 September 1941
Invasion of Crimea
Fritz Erich von Manstein · World War, 2nd

Manstein is given the task of capturing the Crimea

1942

2 July 1942
Invasion of Crimea
Fritz Erich von Manstein · World War, 2nd

Manstein captures Sevastopol

1943

9 October 1943
Capture of Crimea
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

The Axis complete the evacuation of the Crimea

December 1943
Operation Barbarossa
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist · World War, 2nd

Soviet forces surrond 650,000 German troops in the Crimea

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Crimea. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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