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Siege of Sevastopol

Siege of Sevastopol was a siege conducted on 30 October 1941 at Sevastopol, in what is now Russia; it lasted 8 months. It was part of history of Sevastopol. The recorded result: Axis victory.

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German conquest of the Crimea, 5 December 1941 to 5 May 1942
German conquest of the Crimea, 5 December 1941 to 5 May 1942. Krym_42.png: Pelex derivative work: Diannaa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought30 October 1941lasted 8 months
WhereSevastopol, Russia44.605N, 33.541E
OutcomeAxis victory
BelligerentsNazi Germany; Kingdom of Romania; Naval support: Fascist Italy (1922-1943)againstSoviet Union
Part ofhistory of Sevastopol

Record

Date30 October 1941
to 4 July 1942
PlaceSevastopol, Russia
44.605N, 33.541E
KindSiege, interwar and Second World War
StrengthOn 6 June 1942: 203,800 men; 65 assault guns; 1,300 guns and howitzers; 720 mortars; 803 aircraftJune 1942: 118,000 men; 600 guns and howitzers; 2,000 mortars; 1 battleship; 2 heavy cruisers; 1 light cruiser; 2 flotilla leaders; 6 destroyers; 9 minesweepers; 1 guardship; 24 submarines
Casualties and losses30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942: 70,000 casualties; 25,000 killed in action; June–July 1942: 35,866 men; 78 guns; 31 aircraft; 27,412; 4,264 killed; 21,626 wounded; 1,522 missing; 8,454; 1,597 killed; 6,571 wounded; 277 missing30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942: 200,481 men; 156,880 killed or captured; 53,601 wounded or sick; June–July 1942: 118,000 men; 95,000 captured (one-third wounded); 5,000 wounded; At least 18,000 killed
Commanders
  • Ivan Petrov (army general)
  • Filipp Oktyabrsky
  • Gordey Levchenko
  • Pyotr Georgyevich Novikov
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Sevastopol
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Sevastopol today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-23. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 43 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 228 m, 228 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 53% built-up, 21% water, 18% tree cover.

built-up: 53%water: 21%tree cover: 18%grassland: 8%built-up 53%water 21%tree cover 18%grassland 8%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 148 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 151 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between 1434 and 1941.

Elsewhere in 1941

Siege of Sevastopol is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q154860, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942), revision 1375273439, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.