Nazi Germany opens up its second summer of the war in the East with a campaign of eerie echoes with the previous summer, and the Soviets respond in the same way. History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. Map 1: The Caucasus Map 2: The plan for Case Blue Map 3:…
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The fall of Sevastopol, part 2: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 28
From 16 June 1942, the Germans kept coming closer to Sevastopol. Even the Red Army knew the end was coming. Map: the Battle of Sevastopol, June 1942 Historical photos Sources: Clayton Donnell, The Defence of Sevastopol, 1941–1942: The Soviet Perspective. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2016 Antony Beevor,…
