Siege of Sevastopol

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battle of World War II siege

The Siege of Sevastopol was a major World War II Eastern Front battle in 1941–1942 in which Axis forces besieged and captured the heavily fortified Soviet Black Sea port of Sevastopol after months of intense fighting and bombardment.

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Label Occurrences
Defense of Sevastopol 2
Siege of Sevastopol canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of World War II ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Defense of Sevastopol (1941–1942) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
characterizedBy heavy air attacks ⓘ
intense artillery bombardment ⓘ
prolonged siege warfare ⓘ
commandedBy Erich von Manstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderFor Erich von Manstein (Germany) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Filipp Oktyabrsky (Soviet Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ivan Petrov (Soviet Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
defendedBy Soviet Black Sea Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Coastal Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1942-07-04 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet Crimean Offensive (1944) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlace Crimean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sevastopol Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
location Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sevastopol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor extensive fortifications around Sevastopol ⓘ
high casualties on both sides ⓘ
large-scale Axis air and artillery preparation in June 1942 ⓘ
opponent Axis forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome capture of Sevastopol by Axis forces ⓘ
partOf Crimean campaign of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Axis invasion of Crimea (1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Axis victory ⓘ
startTime 1941-10-30 ⓘ
strategicImportance key port on the Black Sea ⓘ
major Soviet Black Sea naval base ⓘ
theater Black Sea theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
usedBy Black Sea Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedWeapon German 600 mm Karl-Gerät mortars ⓘ
German 800 mm railway gun Schwerer Gustav NERFINISHED ⓘ
heavy siege artillery ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German 11th Army → notableFor → Siege of Sevastopol ⓘ
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski → notableCommand → Siege of Sevastopol ⓘ
subject surface form: Erich von Manstein
Separate Coastal Army → notableEngagement → Siege of Sevastopol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Sevastopol
Soviet Separate Coastal Army → notableEngagement → Siege of Sevastopol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defense of Sevastopol