{"id":821,"date":"2022-11-21T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=821"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:01:15","slug":"the-invasion-of-crimea-beyond-barbarossa-episode-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"The invasion of Crimea: Beyond Barbarossa, episode 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The battle for Crimea is almost a microcosm of the entire war on the Eastern Front of World War II.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satellite photo of southern Crimea: Severnaya Bay is the long, narrow bay curving upward into the land. Sevastopol is located on the smaller bay at right angles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/86vryh\/SevastopolUkraine.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SevastopolUkraine.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7496251874062968;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This image was taken by the Nasa Expedition 20 crew.&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=39882\">NASA Earth Observatory<\/a>. Source: Wikimedia Commons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/22nmze\/Crimea-Map.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crimea-Map.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6891891891891893;width:500px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Map source: Nations Online Project. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/map\/Crimea-map.htm\">https:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/map\/Crimea-map.htm<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other sources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clayton Donnell,&nbsp;<em>The Defence of Sevastopol, 1941\u20131942: The Soviet Perspective.<\/em> Barnsley, UK: Pen &amp; Sword Books Ltd., 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Glantz, <em>Operation Barbarossa: Hitler&#8217;s Invasion of Russia 1941<\/em>. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Stahel, <em>Operation Barbarossa and Germany&#8217;s Defeat in the East.&nbsp;<\/em> Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battle for Crimea is almost a microcosm of the entire war on the Eastern Front of World War II.&nbsp; Satellite photo of southern Crimea: Severnaya Bay is the long, narrow bay curving upward into the land. 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