The defence of Sevastopol 1941-1942 : the Soviet perspective / Clayton Donnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donnell, Clayton, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sevastopolʹ (Ukraine)--History--20th century.

Sevastopolʹ (Ukraine).

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Ukraine.

Russia (Federation).

Ukraine--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Ukraine.

Siege of Sevastopolʹ (Ukraine : 1942).

World War (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.

Summary:

This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles one of the hardest-fought battles of the Crimea Campaign. In December 1941, while America was reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the offensives of the German Army Groups North and Center were stalled in the brutal Russian winter, the German Eleventh Army encircled the vast fortress of Sevastopol in the Crimea. The Red Army faced massive air, artillery and land attacks against their heavily defended positions in one of the most remarkable campaigns in the history of modern warfare: The Siege of Sevastopol. Drawing on his expert knowledge of the history of modern fortifications, Donnell describes the design and development of the Red Army's formidable base at Sevastopol. He then chronicles the sequence of attacks mounted by the Wehrmacht against the city's strongpoints. The forts and bunkers had to be taken one by one in a bitter six-month struggle with sever casualties on both sides. Using documentary records and a range of personal accounts, Clayton Donnell reconstructs the events and experience of the campaign in vivid detail.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Author's Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Descent into Crimea - September to October 1941; Chapter 2: The Fortress of Sevastopol; Chapter 3: The First Assault - October to November 1941; Chapter 4: The Second Assault - 17 December 1941 to 1 January 1942; Chapter 5: January to June 1942; Chapter 6: The Third Assault (1) - The Bombardment of 2 to 6 June 1942; Chapter 7: The Third Assault (2) - 7 to 16 June 1942; Chapter 8: The Third Assault (3) - 17 to 23 June 1942 - Fall of the North

Chapter 9: The Third Assault (4) - 24 June to 16 July 1942 - The End of the RoadChapter 10: Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 22, 2016).

ISBN:

9781473879263

1473879264