battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula was a battle fought on 26 December 1941 in what is now Russia; it lasted 5 months. The recorded result: Axis victory.
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Record
| Date | 26 December 1941 to 19 May 1942 | |
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| Place | Russia 45.250N, 35.983E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 8 May 1942: XXX. Armeekorps – 75000 men; 46th Infantry Division – 13,500 men; Total Germans: less 90,000 men; 200 tanks; 57 assault guns; 800+ aircraft; unknown men | 8 May 1942: 249,800 men or 296,000 men; 238 tanks; 404 aircraft (Air Force of the Crimean Front) |
| Casualties and losses | 38,362; Kerch losses: 21 December – 31 December: 6,654 men; 1,108 killed; 5,287 wounded; 259 missing; January 1942 – April 1942: 24,120 men; 8 May 1942 – 19 May 1942: 7,588 men; 1,703 killed or captured; 5,885 wounded; 8–12 tanks destroyed; 3 assault guns destroyed; 9 artillery pieces destroyed; 37 aircraft destroyed | 570,601; Kerch losses: 26 December – 2 January: 41,935 men; 32,453 killed or captured; 9,482 wounded or sick; 1 January 1942 – 30 April 1942: 352,000 men; 8 May 1942 – 19 May 1942: 176,566 men; 162,282 killed or captured; 14,284 wounded or sick; 258 tanks destroyed; 1,133 guns lost; 417 aircraft destroyed (315 from Air Force of the Crimean Front) |
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Nearest engagements
- Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry 1942, 45 km E
- Siege of Theodosia 389 BC, 52 km SW
- Siege of Theodosia 365 BC, 52 km SW
- Siege of Theodosia 360 BC, 52 km SW
- Siege of Caffa 1454, 52 km SW
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
- Battle of Kiev Ukraine
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula 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 Q119625147, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, revision 1370600576, 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.