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The Siege of Sevastopol, also known as the Defence of Sevastopol (Russian: Оборона Севастополя, romanized:Oborona Sevastopolya) or the Battle of Sevastopol (German: Schlacht um Sewastopol; Romanian: Bătălia de la Sevastopol), was a military engagement that took place on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.
The city of Sevastopol was the home of the tsar's Black Sea Fleet, which threatened the Mediterranean. The Russian field army withdrew before the allies could encircle it. The siege was the culminating struggle for the strategic Russian port in 1854–55 and was the final episode in the Crimean War.
Learn how the Soviets defended the Crimean port of Sevastopol against the German blitzkrieg in 1942, in one of the longest and most brutal sieges in history. Read about the heroism, the casualties, and the strategic significance of the siege that lasted from November to July.
Oblężenie Sewastopola – oblężenie głównej rosyjskiej bazy morskiej nad Morzem Czarnym podczas wojny krymskiej przez wojska koalicji brytyjsko - francusko - tureckiej. Trwało 349 dni, od 17 października 1854 do 11 września 1855 roku i zakończyło się zdobyciem miasta przez siły koalicji.
7 maj 2014 · The fierce fighting on the Crimean Peninsula -- and particularly around the strategic port city of Sevastopol -- is one of the most dramatic and impressive pages of the Soviet Union's struggle ...
10 paź 2024 · Siege of Sevastopol, (Oct. 17, 1854–Sept. 11, 1855), the major operation of the Crimean War (1853–56), in which 50,000 British and French troops (joined by 10,000 Piedmontese troops during 1855), commanded by Lord Raglan and Gen. François Canrobert, besieged and finally captured the main naval base.
Learn about the siege of Sevastopol, a major event in the Crimean War, where British and French troops besieged the Russian naval base and city for nine months. Find out the details of the siege lines, the defences, the battles, the casualties and the consequences of this historic siege.
