Balaklava Sector

SOVIET ASSAULT ON FORTIFICATIONS: BALAKLAVA SECTOR (7/5/44). At the end of the spring, 1944 campaign in the Crimea, German and Rumanian forces were pushed into an evershrinking ring around Sevastopol. As the Kriegsmaríne attempted to evacuate the 17th Army, the rear guard occuping a final defensive line just outside the city. The Russian objective at the southern end of the line was Sapun Heights, from where artillery could cover the whole anchorage.

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SOVIET ASSAULT ON FORTIFICATIONS: BALAKLAVA SECTOR (7/5/44). At the end of the spring, 1944 campaign in the Crimea, German and Rumanian forces were pushed into an ever shrinking ring around Sevastopol. As the Kriegsmaríne attempted to evacuate the 17th Army, the rear guard occupying a final defensive line just outside the city. The Russian objective at the southern end of the line was Sapun Heights, from where artillery could cover the whole anchorage.

Balaklava, Crimea

The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea. The Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of Army Group A, which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian formations. The battles ended with the evacuation of the Crimea by the Germans. German and Romanian forces suffered considerable losses during the evacuation.

Wikipedia: Crimean Offensive

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