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Sevastopol 1942 - Von Manstein's Triumph

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Battles of World War II


Product Info

Title
Sevastopol 1942 - Von Manstein's Triumph
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2009
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.75x10x.5"
NKG Part #
2147869044
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM189
Type
Hardcover
Series
CAM189

Description

In late July 1941, Hitler ordered Army Group South to seize the Crimea in order to prevent Soviet air attacks on the Ploesti oilfields in Romania. This vital mission was assigned to the weak Eleventh Army under Generaloberst von Manstein. In late September 1941, von Manstein began his initial attacks upon the strong Soviet defenses at the Perekop isthmus, and then cleared the heavily fortified Kerch Peninsula in May 1942. With the threat to his flank removed, von Manstein massed two German and a Romanian corps against the principal city of the Crimea – Sevastopol. This volume assesses the impact of logistics, weather and joint operational planning examining this, the last major German victory in World War II.