Commando School

To aid in the success of the Soviet amphibious operation launched against Kleist's Army Group A near Novorossiysk, a Black Sea Fleet commando detachment landed a few miles further down along the Black Sea coast. In order to protect the …

1943-02-04

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To aid in the success of the Soviet amphibious operation launched against Kleist's Army Group A near Novorossiysk, a Black Sea Fleet commando detachment landed a few miles further down along the Black Sea coast. In order to protect the beachhead's flank, the commandos hurriedly push into the town of Stanichka and holed up in a local university overlooking a manmade lake. Elements of the German 73rd Infantry Division quickly counterattacked in an attempt to roll up the flank and drive the invaders back into the sea.

Novorossiysk, Russia

Malaya Zemlya was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako that was recaptured after fierce, bloody battles with the Germans during the Battle of the Caucasus, on the night of 4 February 1943. The episode paved way for a Soviet attack on German forces in Novorossiysk.

Wikipedia: Malaya Zemlya

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